Gmail - 0802.0308 password (SAVE) Bob Eisenberg 0802.0308 password (SAVE) no-reply@arxiv.org Sun, Feb 3, 2008 at 2:19 PM Reply-To: q-bio@arxiv.org To: beisenbe@rush.edu *** SAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE *** (and forward to any collaborators for safekeeping) Your user/password combination for this article is User-ID: 0802.0308 Password: wfkpe You will need this ID/password pair to do any of the following: - to check the article before it is announced - to cross-list the article - to add publication information - to replace the article with a revised version Keep this password safe -- all future replacements will require it. If you submit this article to an overlay journal based on arXiv you may need to supply the following identifier to allow the collaborating service to track your submission: arXiv:tracking/644e5fe205b254d5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ arXiv:0802.0308 From: Bob Eisenberg Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 22:19:22 GMT (15kb) Title: Bubble Gating Currents in Ionic Channels Authors: Bob Eisenberg Categories: q-bio.BM q-bio.QM License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ \\ Bubbles in ion channel proteins have been proposed to be the bistable gates that control current flow. Gating currents associated with channel gating would then be an electrical signature of bubble breaking and formation, arising from the change in dielectric coefficient as the bubble breaks or forms. A bubble would have a dielectric coefficient of 1. A filled bubble would have a dielectric coefficient (say) between 30 and 80. Transporters, pumps, and channels would be expected to have gating currents. \\