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Ionic selectivity revisited: The role of kinetic and equilibrium processes in ion permeation through channels

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Eisenman, G., Horn, R. Ionic selectivity revisited: The role of kinetic and equilibrium processes in ion permeation through channels. J. Membrain Biol. 76, 197–225 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01870364

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