The role of bulk protein in local models of ion-binding to proteins: Comparative study of KcsA, its semisynthetic analog with a locked-in binding site, and valinomycin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1542-1549

  Dixit, Purushottam D ^a   Asthagiri, D ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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EID: 79953872674     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.044     Document Type: Article

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