In every living cell, from free-living bacterium to neurons in the human brain, highly specialized small conduits, known as potassium (K+) channels, are responsible for unparalleled selective and ...

Using chemical labeling and mass spectrometry-based techniques, scientists for the first time were able to take a high resolution picture of the open state of a K+ channel, allowing them to ...

Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2010;3(3):305-319. © 2010 Expert Reviews Ltd.

Scientists recently completed a study in which they attempted to capture at atomic resolution a picture/snapshot of one of the two ion-bound configuration that seem to coexist within the selectivity ...