Total charge movement per channel: The relation between gating charge displacement and the voltage sensitivity of activation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-39

  Sigg, Daniel ^a   Bezanilla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gating current; limiting slope; Monte Carlo; thermodynamics; voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031015351     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.1.27     Document Type: Article

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