Role of individual surface charges of voltage-gated K channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1358-1362

  Blinder, Fredrik ^a   Århem, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0032866866     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)76984-5     Document Type: Article

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