Passage of sodium ions through a potassium ion channel (IMAGE)

University of Fukui

Passage of sodium ions through a potassium ion channel

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Cell membranes contain channels that selectively permit ions to move into or out of the cell. In a recently published paper, researchers from the University of Fukui and Kanazawa University provide new information that revises the traditional understanding of how selective these channels really are.

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