Christopher Miller is in the Department of Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA. cmiller@brandeis.edu
Propagation of electrical signals by nerve cells relies on voltage-sensing ion channel proteins residing in the neuronal membrane. The first structure of a channel of this type dramatically overturns conventional wisdom about how these 'biomolecular transistors' work.
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