Figure 8.
Illustration of the assumptions underlying our model of maturation. (A) The immature cell with two types of membrane proteins, with a cytosolic space containing the sarcoplasmic reticulum with associated release and uptake proteins. (B) Maturation is multiplication in the sense that the number of proteins increases at a protein specific rate. (C) A specific protein in the IM cell is the same as in the M cell. (D) A drug affects every single protein in the IM cell in exactly the same manner as for the M cell. (E) Model of the transmembrane potential for IM and M cells, and the relation between these models; and how these models are affected when a drug is applied.