Implicit solvent model estimates of the stability of model structures of the alamethicin channel

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-28

  Kessel, Amit ^a   Tieleman, D Peter ^b   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuum solvent models; Membrane curvature; Molecular dynamics; Peptide membrane interactions; Poisson equation

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLVATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENT MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ALAMETHICIN; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1042267271     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0345-4     Document Type: Article

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