A physical model of potassium channel activation: From energy landscape to gating kinetics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3703-3716

  Sigg, Daniel ^a   Bezanilla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037986216     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75099-1     Document Type: Article

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