Energetics of ion permeation, rejection, binding, and block in gramicidin a from free energy simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3941-3950

  Baştuǧ, Turgut ^a   Kuyucak, Serdar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN A;

ARTICLE; FORCE; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33744944511     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.074633     Document Type: Article

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