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. 2017 Jan 26;168(3):341-343.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.01.011.

Cryo-EM Captures the Dynamics of Ion Channel Opening

John L Rubinstein  1
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Cryo-EM Captures the Dynamics of Ion Channel Opening

John L Rubinstein. Cell. .
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Abstract

In this issue of Cell, Hite and MacKinnon (2017) report the open conformation structure of Slo2.2, a neuronal Na+-activated K+ channel. More importantly, 3D classification of electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) images allows visualization of the structural transition that occurs as the open probability of individual channels increases with added sodium.

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