Estimating the voltage-dependent free energy change of ion channels using the median voltage for activation

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-17

  Chowdhury, Sandipan ^a,b   Chanda, Baron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ION CHANNEL; MUSCLE PROTEIN; SCN4A PROTEIN, RAT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84855489518     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201110722     Document Type: Article

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