A powerful combination of X-ray crystallography and single-channel current measurements provides new insights into the mechanism by which the binding of agonists opens the AMPA-type glutamate receptor in the central nervous system.
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Weiss, D., Chang, Y. Crystallizing our understanding of partial agonists. Nat Neurosci 6, 788–789 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0803-788
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