Protons may leak through pure lipid bilayers via a concerted mechanism

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3095-3108

  Tepper, Harald L ^a,b   Voth, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOVALENT CATION; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ENERGY; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 17844401731     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.056184     Document Type: Article

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