Nerve transmission depends on voltage-gated ion-channel proteins, which in turn depend on the behaviour of a membrane domain called the voltage sensor. Therein lies the latest episode in a continuing story.
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Blaustein, R., Miller, C. Shake, rattle or roll?. Nature 427, 499–500 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/427499a
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