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Isothermal Titration Calorimetry for Measuring Macromolecule-Ligand Affinity
Published on: September 7, 2011
[Temperature dependence of the transmembrane distribution of non-electrolytes in human erythrocytes]
1Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, Kharkov.
Abstract:
Influence of temperature on the behaviour of non-electrolytes n-alcohol series distribution between intra- and extracellular environment of human red blood cells was studied by means of 1H-NMR technique. It was shown, that the temperature dependences of the distribution coefficients Q of the non-electrolytes solutions between erythrocytes and medium in the range of T = +4(-)+37 degrees C could not be describe by Arrhenius equation. There was supposed that the absorbtion-phase theory may be used for the description of non-electrolyte absorbtion and non-electrolyte distribution between human erythrocytes and intercellular medium.
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