Application of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck theory with space-dependent diffusion coefficients to KcsA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3162-3169

  Furini, Simone ^a   Zerbetto, Francesco ^a   Cavalcanti, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOM; CELL MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33751234250     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.078741     Document Type: Article

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