Three-Dimensional Continuum Simulations of Ion Transport Through Biological Ion Channels: Effect of Charge Distribution in the Constriction Region of Porin

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-340

  van der Straaten, T A ^a   Tang, J ^a   Eisenberg, R S ^a   Ravaioli, U ^b   Aluru, N R ^b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ion channels; nanotechnology; ompF porin; Poisson Nernst Planck; transport simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POISSON EQUATION; PROTEINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL ION CHANNELS; DIELECTRIC DISCONTINUITY; EXTERNAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ION CHANNEL; MACROSCOPIC CURRENT FLOW; OMPF PORIN; POISSON-NERNST-PLANCK; TRANSPORT SIMULATION;

IONS;

EID: 4344652384     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020787222235     Document Type: Article

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