Gramicidin A channel as a test ground for molecular dynamics force fields

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2159-2168

  Allen, Toby W ^a   Baştuǧ, Turgut ^a   Kuyucak, Serdar ^a   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GRAMICIDIN A; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FORCE; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0037380854     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75022-X     Document Type: Article

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