Open-and-Shut Case for Ion Channels

1,950 views · Published 26 May 2010 · 5:01 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: Cell Press · 2010 · Science & Technology

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K+ channels undergo conformational changes to switch conduction on and off. Watch and listen as Jacqui Gulbis and colleagues take you on a brief personalized tour of their findings, which reveal important roles for the reorientation of the channel's cytoplasmic domains and its selectivity filter to modulate gating.

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