Computational study of the transmembrane domain of the acetylcholine receptor

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 961-970

  Song, Chen ^a   Corry, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Brownian dynamics; Gating; Ion channel; Membrane potential; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POROSITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SODIUM; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 69049097038     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0476-3     Document Type: Article

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