Monte Carlo simulations of the mechanism for channel selectivity: The competition between volume exclusion and charge neutrality

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 104, Issue 37, 2000, Pages 8903-8910

  Boda, Dezsö ^a   Busath, David D ^b   Henderson, Douglas ^c   Sokołowski, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brigham Young University   (United States)

^d MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTROLYTES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SODIUM;

BIOLOGICAL CHANNEL; CHARGE NEUTRALITY; VOLUME EXCLUSION;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 0034271520     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0019658     Document Type: Article

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