Computer simulations of transport through membranes: Passive diffusion, pores, channels and transporters

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 893-903

  Tieleman, D Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter; Computer simulation; Drug diffusion; Electroporation; Membrane transport; Molecular dynamics; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOM; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPORATION; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MEMBRANES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PORINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 33748896195     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2006.04461.x     Document Type: Review

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