An alamethicin channel in a lipid bilayer: Molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1757-1769

  Tieleman, D Peter ^a   Berendsen, Herman J C ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; DIPOLE; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PKA; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033035249     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)77337-6     Document Type: Article

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