Initial Safety Considerations for an Advanced Transport System

Safer Systems ◽  
1997 ◽  
pp. 185-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Lowson ◽  
C. E. Medus
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Safety Considerations

On the structural organization of biological pumps and channels

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 138-141
Author(s):  
G. Zampighi ◽  
M. Kreman
Keyword(s):  
Active Transport ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Transport Proteins ◽  
Molecular Organization ◽  
Passive Transport ◽  
Concentration Gradients ◽  
Cell Functions ◽  
Natural Concentration ◽  
Active Transport System

The plasma membranes of most animal cells contain transport proteins which function to provide passageways for the transported species across essentially impermeable lipid bilayers. The channel is a passive transport system which allows the movement of ions and low molecular weight molecules along their concentration gradients. The pump is an active transport system and can translocate cations against their natural concentration gradients. The actions and interplay of these two kinds of transport proteins control crucial cell functions such as active transport, excitability and cell communication. In this paper, we will describe and compare several features of the molecular organization of pumps and channels. As an example of an active transport system, we will discuss the structure of the sodium and potassium ion-activated triphosphatase [(Na+ +K+)-ATPase] and as an example of a passive transport system, the communicating channel of gap junctions and lens junctions.

Placental uric acid transport system and its impact on fetal development

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Lüscher ◽  
D Surbek ◽  
P Schneider ◽  
M Baumann
Keyword(s):  
Uric Acid ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Fetal Development ◽  
Acid Transport
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