K+/Na+ selectivity in toy cation binding site models is determined by the 'host'

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3887-3896

  Bostick, David L ^a   Arora, Karunesh ^a   Brooks III, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM; LIGAND; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BINDING SITES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 68049117119     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.3963     Document Type: Article

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