Ion channels as molecular coulter counters to probe metabolite transport

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Bezrukov, S M ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conductance fluctuations; Large solute selectivity; Molecular sieving

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0034050876     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002320001026     Document Type: Review

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