Simulations of ion channels - Watching ions and water move

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 368-374

  Sansom, Mark S P ^a   Shrivastava, Indira H ^a   Ranatunga, Kishani M ^b   Smith, Graham R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; GRAMICIDIN A; ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; EXCITABILITY; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALAMETHICIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROSTATICS; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034255831     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01613-3     Document Type: Review

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