Abstract
The secrets of biology's fastest switches — ion channels — are revealed.
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I am deeply indebted to the participants of the recent Ion Channels Structures and Function meeting organized by S. Goldstein at Yale University School of Medicine, July 16–18, 1999, and to C. Miller for many metaphors and insights. Figures of T1 tetramers were generously provided by A. Kreusch at the Salk Institute; figures of KcsA and Kvβ2 were provided by J.M. Gulbis and R. MacKinnon at the Rockfeller University.
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Clapham, D. More pieces of the K+ ion channel puzzle. Nat Struct Mol Biol 6, 807–810 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/12261
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