Na+ permeation through its protein channels, from molecular dynamics to continuum modeling

Authors

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Researchers can reach important information about cell cycles such as migration, growth and muscle contraction, by studying the change of ion concentrations in animal cells. In the current work we have proposed three di erent techniques to study the passive ions motion in protein channels on di erent time scales. Molecular dynamics, Langevin dynamics and continuum models of mass transport are used to investigate ion transport from small to large time scales......................

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Volume 22, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Transactions on Mechanical Engineering (B)
April 2015
Pages 459-466
  • Receive Date: 29 April 2015
  • Revise Date: 21 December 2024
  • Accept Date: 27 July 2017