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Gating processes in Na-channel of biological membrane from the standpoint of superionic phase transition |
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| Authors: | A. Rakitin M. Kobayashi V. Bilim M. Kobayashi |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physics, Niigata University, 950-2181 Niigata, Japan;(2) School of Medicine, Niigata University, 951 Niigata, Japan;(3) Department of Biology, Niigata University, 950-2181 Niigata, Japan;(4) Present address: Nortel Institute Laboratory for Optoelectronics, University of Toronto, 10 King's College Road, M5S 1A4 Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Abstract: | The method of condensed matter physics is applied to reason out the problem of Na transport through a biological membrane. A similiarity of gating process in Na ion channel to the superionic phase transition is discussed. A possible microscopic mechanism is suggested. |
| Keywords: | superionic phase transition gating process ion channel membrane |
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