Molecular dynamics of synthetic leucine-serine ion channels in a phospholipid membrane

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2400-2410

  Randa, Holly S ^a   Forrest, Lucy R ^b   Voth, Gregory A ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; LEUCINE; SERINE; WATER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032705715     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77077-3     Document Type: Article

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