At last, the structure of an ion-selective channel

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Clapham, DE [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Univ, Childrens Hosp, Childrens Hosp, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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10.1038/nsb0598-342
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Ion channels allow specific ions to flow across the cell membrane at rates of ten million ions per second with error rates of only 1 in 1,000. The structure of a protein that accomplishes this feat has now been discovered.
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