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