The binding site of sodium in the gramicidin a channel: Comparison of molecular dynamics with solid-state NMR data

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1930-1945

  Woolf, Thomas B ^a,b   Roux, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN A;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0030995981     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78839-8     Document Type: Article

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