X-Message-Number: 8441
From: Brian Wowk <>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 12:57:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Correction

On CryoNet yesterday I wrote:

>	The momentum of a water molecule is given by solving kT ~ p^2/2m.
>Because the mass of water molecules is so small, they have a very large
>momentum and plow through the lipid bilayer like bullets despite their
>lipophobic nature. 

	but should have wrote:

>	The velocity of a water molecule is given by solving kT ~ mv^2. 
>Because the mass of water molecules is so small, they have a very large
>velocity and plow through the lipid bilayer like bullets despite their
>lipophobic nature.

	That's the party line according to Guyton's Textbook of
Medical Physiology.  (My original recollection and critical thought
processes being clouded by acute sleep deprivation....) 

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