Permeation Redux: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Ion Movement Through Potassium Channels

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 2014 May 9

PMID 24806917

Citations 8

Authors

Richard Horn

Benoit Roux

Johan Aqvist

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Abstract

The fundamental biophysics underlying the selective movement of ions through ion channels was launched by George Eisenman in the 1960s, using glass electrodes. This minireview examines the insights from these early studies and the explosive progress made since then.

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