Membrane-Channel Protein System Mesh Construction for Finite Element Simulations

Abstract: We present a method of constructing the volume meshes of the membrane-channel protein system for finite element simulation of ion channels. The membrane channel system consists of the solvent region and the membrane-protein region. Our method focuses on labeling the tetrahedra in the solvent and membrane-protein regions and collecting the interface triangles between different regions. It contains two stages. Firstly, a volume mesh conforming the surface of the channel protein is generated by the surface and volume mesh generation tools: TMSmesh and TetGen. Then a walk-and-detect algorithm is used to identify the pore region to embed the membrane correctly. This method is shown to be robust because of its independence of the pore structure of the ion channels. In addition, we can also get the information of whether the ion channel is open or closed by the walk-and-detect algorithm. An on-line meshing procedure will be available at our website www.continuummodel.org.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Membrane-Channel Protein System Mesh Construction for Finite Element Simulations ; volume:3 ; number:1 ; year:2015 ; extent:12 ; Computational and mathematical biophysics ; 3, Heft 1 (2015) (gesamt 12)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Liu, Tiantian ; Bai, Shiyang ; Tu, Bin ; Chen, Minxin ; Lu, Benzhuo

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.1515/mlbmb-2015-0008
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410261645070.107224290208
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:27 MESZ