1984 年 42 巻 10 号 p. 900-911
The ionophorous antibiotics are a member of compounds possessing the ability to form complex with alkali ions and to carry ions across lipid barrier including artificial and biological membranes.
These antibiotics have been employed as tools for studying properties of membrane-bound carriers as well as the molecular basis of biological ion discrimination. This report described the property of cation ionophores and some of biological applications of these substances.