Kramers' diffusion theory applied to gating kinetics of voltage- dependent ion channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 782-803

  Sigg, Daniel ^a   Qian, Hong ^b   Bezanilla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; POSITION EFFECT; REACTION TIME; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032988659     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77243-7     Document Type: Article

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