Exploration of the structural features defining the conduction properties of a synthetic ion channel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 618-630

  Dieckmann, Gregg R ^a   Lear, James D ^a   Zhong, Qingfeng ^b   Klein, Michael L ^b   DeGrado, William F ^a   Sharp, Kim A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; ION CHANNEL; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032989631     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77230-9     Document Type: Article

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