Modeling subunit cooperativity in opening of tetrameric ion channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3510-3520

  Nekouzadeh, Ali ^a   Silva, Jonathan R ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 55949111753     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.136721     Document Type: Article

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