A semi-microscopic Monte Carlo study of permeation energetics in a gramicidin-like channel: The origin of cation selectivity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-134

  Dorman, Vladimir ^a   Partenskii, Michael B ^a   Jordan, Peter C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; GRAMICIDIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030050164     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79554-1     Document Type: Article

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