Dielectric self-energy in Poisson-Boltzmann and Poisson-Nernst-Planck models of ion channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3594-3606

  Corry, Ben ^a   Kuyucak, Serdar ^a   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SIMULATION; THEORY;

EID: 0038101633     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75091-7     Document Type: Article

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