Continuum molecular simulation of large conformational changes during ion-channel gating

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Nekouzadeh, Ali ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV7.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 79956292287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020186     Document Type: Article

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