Brownian dynamics theory for predicting internal and external blockages of tetraethylammonium in the KcsA potassium channel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 366-378

  Hoyles, Matthew ^a   Krishnamurthy, Vikram ^b   Siksik, May ^b   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCSA; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BROWNIAN MOTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 38349008876     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115139     Document Type: Article

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