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arxiv: 0807.0721 · v1 · submitted 2008-07-04 · 🧬 q-bio.BM · physics.bio-ph· q-bio.QM

Permeation as a Diffusion Process

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keywords movementapproximationarbitrarybarrierbeyondchannelchemicaldescribed
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The paper shows how the diffusive movement of ions through a channel protein can be described as a chemical reaction over an arbitrary shaped potential barrier. The result is simple and intuitive but without approximation beyond the electrodiffusion description of ion movement.

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