Models and simulations of ion channels and related membrane proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-244

  Sansom, Mark Sp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LIPID BILAYER; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 0032054195     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80045-6     Document Type: Article

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