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A diffusive model of the ball and chain inactivation

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Abstract

The ball and chain mechanism is a widely accepted theory for the inactivation of the Shaker K+channel. In this paper we propose a diffusive model that predicts a rate of inactivation that is comparable to the experimental measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-269
Number of pages3
JournalBioSystems
Volume94
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2008

Keywords

  • Ball and chain
  • Channel inactivation
  • First passage time
  • Ionic channels

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Applied Mathematics

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