Explicit channel conductance: Can it be computed?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3742-3743

  Anishkin, Andriy ^a   Sukharev, Sergei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HILLE EQUATION; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOTE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 22244441105     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.060996     Document Type: Article

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