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See potassium run

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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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Figure 1: Permeation of K+ ions through the pore of a K+ channel, as surmised from the new results2-4 discussed here.

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