Estimating the dielectric constant of the channel protein and pore

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-222

  Ng, Jin Aun ^a   Vora, Taira ^a   Krishnamurthy, Vikram ^b   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Conductance; Dielectric constant; Ion permeation; MthK channel

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 38149078849     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0218-3     Document Type: Article

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