Imaging alpha-hemolysin with molecular dynamics: ionic conductance, osmotic permeability, and the electrostatic potential map.

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Published in Biophys J on March 11, 2005

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Aleksij Aksimentiev1, Klaus Schulten

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1: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, USA.

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