Tg. St Pierre et J. Dobson, Theoretical evaluation of cell membrane ion channel activation by applied magnetic fields, EUR BIOPHYS, 29(6), 2000, pp. 455-456
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS
This letter re-examines a recently published calculation of the forces exer
ted on a membrane ion channel by a cation passing through in the presence o
f an externally applied magnetic field. We show here, in contradiction to t
he originally published calculation, that the forces generated due to the L
orentz force of the magnetic field on the cation are negligible compared wi
th the forces required to activate an ion channel protein conformation chan
ge associated with the gating of the channel.