Gating Gramicidin Channels in Lipid Bilayers: Reaction Coordinates and the Mechanism of Dissociation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 92-104

  Miloshevsky, Gennady V ^a   Jordan, Peter C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GRAMICIDIN A; MONOMER;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DIFFUSION; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION;

COLAPTES;

EID: 0347319185     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74087-4     Document Type: Article

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