Monte Carlo simulations of ion selectivity in a biological Na channel: Charge–space competition
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a Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Veszprém, H-8201 Veszprém, P.O. Box 158, Hungary. E-mail: [email protected] b Department of Zoology and Center for Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602. E-mail: [email protected] c Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois 60612. E-mail: [email protected] d Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602. E-mail: [email protected] e Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101. E-mail: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2002