Optimization of the molecular dynamics method for simulations of DNA and Ion transport through biological nanopores

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 870, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-186

  Wells, David B ^a   Bhattacharya, Swati ^a   Carr, Rogan ^a   Maffeo, Christopher ^a   Ho, Anthony ^a   Comer, Jeffrey ^a   Aksimentiev, Aleksei ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bionanotechnology; Computer simulations; Membrane proteins; Molecular dynamics; Nucleic acids; Transmembrane transport

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOLYSIN; ION; PORIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROOSMOSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPORE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROOSMOSIS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOPORES; PORINS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84860510775     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-773-6_10     Document Type: Article

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