Comparative study of the energetics of ion permeation in Kv1.2 and KcsA potassium channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-636

  Baştuǧ, Turgut ^a,b   Kuyucak, Serdar ^b  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 79551667691     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.3718     Document Type: Article

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