Energy barrier presented to ions by the vestibule of the biological membrane channel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1628-1642

  Hoyles, Matthew ^a   Kuyucak, Serdar ^a   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; STATISTICS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0029862941     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79726-6     Document Type: Article

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