Ionic selectivity in L-type calcium channels by electrostatics and hard-core repulsion

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-509

  Boda, Dezso ^a,b   Valiskó, Mónika ^a   Henderson, Douglas ^b   Eisenberg, Bob ^c   Gillespie, Dirk ^c   Nonner, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PH MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BUFFERS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LITHIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SODIUM; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 66049090534     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910211     Document Type: Article

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