title: New insights into the structure and function of potassium channels.
abstract: Potassium channels are surprisingly modular proteins. Well-defined regions that determine functional properties such as ion conduction and gating have recently been identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: MacKinnon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels