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Chapter 22, Problem 49GP
High-resolution measurements have shown that an ion channel (see Problem 48) is a 0.30-nm-diameter cylinder with length of 5.0 nm. The intracellular fluid filling the ion channel has resistivity 0.60 Ω · m. What is the resistance of the ion channel?
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