Electrostatics explains the shift in VDAC gating with salt activity gradient

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1773-1783

  Levadny, Victor ^a,b   Colombini, Marco ^c   Li, Xiao Xian ^c   Aguilella, Vicente M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ION TRANSPORT;

EID: 0036220792     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75528-8     Document Type: Article

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