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Modeling of Ion Channels
Modeling of biological ion channels has a long history, going back more then 100 yr (Hille 1984). In the old, premolecular biology era, interpretation of these simple models provided the primary source of information about channel structure. As molecular biology and, now, x-ray diffraction have provided direct information about structure, modeling has been reduced to playing more of a secondary...
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Ion channels are formed by specific proteins embedded in the cell membrane and provide pathways for fast and controlled flow of selected ions through the channels. Ion channels generate action potentials in nerves, muscles and other excitable cells, and are the basis of all movement, sensation and thought processes in living beings. While the functional properties of ion channels are well known...
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Ion channels are membrane-bound enzymes whose catalytic sites are ion-conducting pores that open and close (gate) in response to specific environmental stimuli. Ion channels are important contributors to cell signaling and homeostasis. Our current understanding of gating is the product of 60 plus years of voltage-clamp recording augmented by intervention in the form of environmental, chemical, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Physiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-1295,1540-7748
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.6.789