Nearly all cells have membranes spanned by potassium-conducting channel proteins, without which your nerves (and much else) simply wouldn't work. Ion permeation through these channels can now be seen in dazzling detail.
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Miller, C. See potassium run. Nature 414, 23–24 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35102126
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