The Kinetics of Selective Biological Transport: I. Determination of Transport Constants for Sugar Movements in Human Erythrocytes

A method for the determination of the affinity constants and transfer rate constants of an equalizing selective transport system is derived from the simple transport mechanism, and applied to monosaccharide movements in human red cells. It is similar to the method of Widdas but does not require his approximations. Results are compared with those of the other workers.