Ion Conduction through the hERG Potassium Channel

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ceccarini, Luisa ^a   Masetti, Matteo ^a   Cavalli, Andrea ^a,b   Recanatini, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; IONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOTION; POTASSIUM;

EID: 84868335503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049017     Document Type: Article

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