Rectification of the Water Permeability in COS-7 Cells at 22, 10 and 0°C

Diana B. Peckys; F. W. Kleinhans; Peter Mazur

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023643

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Rectification of the Water Permeability in COS-7 Cells at 22, 10 and 0°C

Diana B. Peckys ,

* E-mail: diana.peckys@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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F. W. Kleinhans,

Affiliations Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Peter Mazur

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Rectification of the Water Permeability in COS-7 Cells at 22, 10 and 0°C

Diana B. Peckys,
F. W. Kleinhans,
Peter Mazur

Published: August 24, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023643

About the Authors

Diana B. Peckys

* E-mail: diana.peckys@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

F. W. Kleinhans

Affiliations Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Peter Mazur

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM. Performed the experiments: DP. Analyzed the data: DP FK PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP PM. Wrote the paper: DP PM. Computer simulations FK.

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