Dynamics of Ceramide Channels Detected Using a Microfluidic System

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Shao, Chenren ^b   Sun, Bing ^a,c   DeVoe, Don L ^b   Colombini, Marco ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE CHANNEL; EDETIC ACID; LANTHANUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIASSEMBLY MODEL; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROFLUIDICS; REASSEMBLY MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CELL MEMBRANE; CERAMIDES; EDETIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LANTHANUM; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866340653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043513     Document Type: Article

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