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Brownian dynamics study of flux ratios in sodium channels

Date

Authors

Vora, Taira

Corry, Ben

Chung, Shin-Ho

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Measurements of unidirectional fluxes in ion channels provide one of the experimental methods for studying the steps involved in ion permeation in biological pores. Conventionally, the number of ions in the pore is inferred by fitting the ratio of inward

Keywords

Keywords: sodium channel; article; brownian dynamic; channel gating; ion current; ion transport; molecular dynamics; Cell Membrane; Computer Simulation; Diffusion; Ion Channel Gating; Membrane Potentials; Metabolic Clearance Rate; Models, Biological; Models, Chemic Brownian dynamics; Electrophysiology; Flux ratio; Ion channel; Permeation; Sodium channel

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60940

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

European Biophysics Journal

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00249-008-0353-5

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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