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Chloride channels are different

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Proteins that conduct chloride ions are vital for a range of cellular processes. The long-awaited crystal structure of a chloride channel shows what these proteins look like, and gives hints about how they work.

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Figure 1: The different ways in which ion channels composed of more than one protein can form pores.
Figure 2: Chloride-channel structure, as revealed by Dutzler et al.2.

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