A grand canonical Monte Carlo-Brownian Dynamics algorithm for simulating ion channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 788-801

  Im, Wonpil ^a,b   Seefeld, Stefan ^a   Roux, Benoît ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033884302     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76336-3     Document Type: Article

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