Signal transduction across alamethicin ion channels in the presence of noise

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2456-2464

  Bezrukov, Sergey M ^a,b   Vodyanoy, Igor ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIPID BILAYER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030777081     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78274-2     Document Type: Article

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