Published 1996
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Valinomycin acts as a channel in ultrathin lipid membranes
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Description
When the thickness of monolayer membranes formed by bolaform archaeal lipids is reduced to the approximate length of two valinomycin molecules, the zero-current conductance does not show any more a linear dependence on valinomycin concentration; instead, a quadratic behaviour is observed. This suggests that a dimer permeation pore is formed and therefore the conduction mechanism changes from carrier to channel.
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- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/11567/190332
- URN
- urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/190332
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- Origin repository
- UNIGE