title: Ion channels: frozen motion.
abstract: Our understanding of ion permeation through K(+) channels, and by extension through other channels, is advancing rapidly. New structural studies, together with computer simulations, have provided profound insights into ion conduction mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Oxford, The Rex Richards Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, UK. mark@biop.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mark S P
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sansom
authors.forename: Indira H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D011188:Potassium