The role of the dielectric barrier in narrow biological channels: A novel composite approach to modeling single-channel currents

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3646-3661

  Mamonov, Artem B ^a   Coalson, Rob D ^a   Nitzan, Abraham ^b   Kurnikova, Maria G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GRAMICIDIN A; ION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; ELECTRICITY; ION CURRENT; MODEL; THEORY;

EID: 0038440721     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75095-4     Document Type: Article

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