Tuning a potassium channel--the caress of the surroundings

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Peter C Jordan. Biophys J. 2007.

. 2007 Aug 15;93(4):1091-2.

doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110205. Epub 2007 May 18.

¹ Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA. Jordan@brandeis.edu

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