Molecular dynamics simulations of the Cx26 hemichannel: Insights into voltage-dependent loop-gating

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1341-1351

  Kwon, Taekyung ^a   Roux, Benoît ^b   Jo, Sunhwan ^c   Klauda, Jeffery B ^d   Harris, Andrew L ^e   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; CONNEXINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84858777446     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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