title: Reductionism redux.
abstract: Experiments on artificial membranes are revealing many details about the workings of a family of potassium ion channels called GIRK channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0273-8653
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D051676:G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D009474:Neurons; D011188:Potassium; D012964:Sodium
chemical_list: D051676:G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels; D012964:Sodium; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D011188:Potassium
keywords: G protein; G protein gated potassium channel; Ion channels; biochemistry; biophysics; cardiac physiology; dopaminergic neuron; human; mouse; planar lipid bilayer; structural biology