Simulations of ion current in realistic models of ion channels: The KcsA potassium channel

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-280

  Burykin, A ^a   Schutz, C N ^a   Villa J ^a,b   Warshel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Dielectrics; Ion channel simulation; Ion current; KcsA potassium channel; Protein electrostatics

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE MUTATION; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTATICS; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0037093650     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10106     Document Type: Article

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