Electrostatic Model of S4 Motion in Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2854-2864

  Lecar, Harold ^a   Larsson, H Peter ^b   Grabe, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; MODEL; MOTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242322531     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74708-0     Document Type: Article

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