Study Finds How Some Ion Channels Form Structures Permitting Drug Delivery (IMAGE)

Weill Cornell Medicine

Study Finds How Some Ion Channels Form Structures Permitting Drug Delivery

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Top: High-speed atomic force microscopy movie frames show TRPV3 channels in the tetrameric and pentameric forms. Bottom: Cryo-EM structures of the TRPV3 channel tetramer and pentamer.

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Image courtesy of the Scheuring lab

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