Potassium Channel, Ions, and Water: Simulation Studies Based on the High Resolution X-Ray Structure of KcsA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2787-2800

  Domene, Carmen ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENANTIOMER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038009204     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74702-X     Document Type: Article

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