Brownian dynamics simulation of ion flow through porin channels

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1159-1167

  Schirmer, Tilman ^a   Phale, Prashant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Electrophysiology; Ion channel; Molecular simulation; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; PORIN;

ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION PERMEABILITY; ION TRANSPORT; IONIC STRENGTH; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033579482     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3326     Document Type: Article

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