Mechanisms of valence selectivity in biological ion channels

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-315

  Corry, B ^a   Chung, S H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Calcium channel; ClC; Gramicidin; Ion channel; Molecular dynamics; Permeation; Potassium channel; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; DIVALENT CATION; GRAMICIDIN; GRAMICIDIN A; ION CHANNEL; LYSINE; MONOVALENT CATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ATOM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ELECTROSTATICS; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNELS; IONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31944452776     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5405-8     Document Type: Review

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