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Trimeric ion-channel design

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Cavernous chambers, intricate passages, a gate with a curious lock — the structure of an ATP-activated ion channel reveals its architecture. And this intriguing interior design is found in another type of ion channel too.

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Figure 1: Structure of the P2X receptor.

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  1. Shai D. Silberberg and Kenton J. Swartz are in the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.,

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Silberberg, S., Swartz, K. Trimeric ion-channel design. Nature 460, 580–581 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460580a

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