Nanoscopic description of biomembrane electrostatics: results of molecular dynamics simulations and fluorescence probing

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-84

  Demchenko, Alexander P ^a   Yesylevskyy, Semen O ^b  

^a PALLADIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Electrochromic dyes; Electrostatic potential; Fluorescent probing; Lipid membranes; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CHOLINE; ION CHANNEL; LIPID; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL SPREADING; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 67649810749     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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