Stochastic 16-state model of voltage gating of gap-junction channels enclosing fast and slow gates

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2471-2480

  Paulauskas, Nerijus ^a,d   Pranevicius, Henrikas ^b   Mockus, Jonas ^c   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 45; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84861866724     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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