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Peering into the spark of life

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Sodium channels in cell membranes have a crucial role in triggering bioelectrical events that lead to processes such as muscle contraction or hormone release. A crystal structure reveals how one such channel might work. See Article p.353

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Figure 1: Bird's-eye view of a voltage-gated ion channel.

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  1. Richard Horn is in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.,

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Horn, R. Peering into the spark of life. Nature 475, 305–306 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/475305a

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