Permeation through an open channel: Poisson-Nernst-Planck theory of a synthetic ionic channel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-116

  Chen, Duan ^a   Lear, James ^b   Eisenberg, Bob ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; THEORY;

EID: 0031030225     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78650-8     Document Type: Article

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