Effect of charge fluctuations on the permeation of ions through biological ion channels

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 922, Issue , 2007, Pages 647-650

  Tindjong, R ^a   Luchinsky, D G ^a,b   McClintock, P V E ^a   Kaufman, I ^c   Eisenberg, R S ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR GRAVITATION AND FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

charge fluctuation; ion channels; Langevin equation; Poisson equation; self consistent approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650479068     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2759760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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