Ion channels: Recent progress and prospects

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-293

  Chung, Shin Ho ^a   Kuyucak, Serdar ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Ion channels; Molecular dynamics; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATCH CLAMP; REVIEW;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIFFUSION; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036656435     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0216-4     Document Type: Review

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