Investigating the dielectric effects of channel pore water on the electrostatic barriers of the permeation ion by the finite difference Poisson-Boltzmann method

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-112

  Cheng, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Cun Xin ^a   Chen, Wei Zu ^a   Xu, Ying Wu ^a   Shi, Yun Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic barrier; Pore constant; The FDPB method

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; WATER;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; MODEL; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; WATER;

EID: 0344972109     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050116     Document Type: Article

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