A lattice relaxation algorithm for three-dimensional Poisson-Nernst- Planck theory with application to ion transport through the gramicidin A channel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 642-656

  Kurnikova, Maria G ^a   Coalson, Rob D ^a   Graf, Peter ^b   Nitzan, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GEOMETRY; ION TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033032906     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77232-2     Document Type: Article

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