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Biophysical Reviews (2014) 6:311–321

DOI 10.1007/s12551-014-0149-z

Review

Protein dynamics and the allosteric transitions of pentameric receptor channels

Jean-Pierre Changeux

Received: 25 August 2014 /Accepted: 13 November 2014 /Published online: 29 November 2014