Proton transport across transient single-file water pores in a lipid membrane studied by molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 632-647

  Marrink, S J ^a   Jahnig F ^a   Berendsen, H J C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029782010     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79264-0     Document Type: Article

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