title: Variations on glutamate binding in channel-gated receptors.
abstract: In this issue of Structure, Lomash and colleagues report on the crystal structure and ligand binding properties of a primitive eukaryote glutamate-gated ion channel: AvGluR1.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, CNRS UMR8601, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris Cedex 06, France. francine.acher@parisdescartes.fr
authors.forename: Francine C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Acher