The founding of Journal of General Physiology: Membrane permeation and ion selectivity.

This essay begins with a description of the founding years of Journal of General Physiology (JGP) and a historical overview of the content of the journal. It then turns to key conceptual articles published in JGP that advanced the field of membrane permeation and ion selectivity. Much of this information comes from reading the online archives of JGP and searches in PubMed.