Molecular simulation studies of hydrophobic gating in nanopores and ion channels

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-150

  Trick, Jemma L ^a   Aryal, Prafulla ^a,b   Tucker, Stephen J ^b   Sansom, Mark S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel; Gating; Membrane; Nanopore

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TWIK 1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; KCNK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TANDEM PORE DOMAIN POTASSIUM CHANNEL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHANNEL GATING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; LIQUID; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOPORE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER FLOW; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOMIMETICS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPORES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, TANDEM PORE DOMAIN; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; WATER;

EID: 84934924023     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20140256     Document Type: Article

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