Revisiting voltage-dependent relief of block in ion channels: A mechanism independent of punchthrough

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3663-3670

  Heginbotham, Lise ^a   Kutluay, Esin ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 2942631509     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.039412     Document Type: Article

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