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The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel
The structure of a complex containing a toxin bound to a potassium ion channel has been solved for the first time, revealing how scorpions have designed toxins that can recognize and target the filter that controls the movement of potassium ions through these channels.
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705072 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00873 |
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| author | Swartz, Kenton J |
| author_facet | Swartz, Kenton J |
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| description | The structure of a complex containing a toxin bound to a potassium ion channel has been solved for the first time, revealing how scorpions have designed toxins that can recognize and target the filter that controls the movement of potassium ions through these channels. |
| format | Online Article Text |
| id | pubmed-3660739 |
| institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publisher | eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
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| spelling | pubmed-36607392013-05-23 The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel Swartz, Kenton J eLife Biophysics and Structural Biology The structure of a complex containing a toxin bound to a potassium ion channel has been solved for the first time, revealing how scorpions have designed toxins that can recognize and target the filter that controls the movement of potassium ions through these channels. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2013-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3660739/ /pubmed/23705072 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00873 Text en Copyright © 2013, Swartz http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
| spellingShingle | Biophysics and Structural Biology Swartz, Kenton J The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel |
| title | The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel |
| title_full | The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel |
| title_fullStr | The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel |
| title_full_unstemmed | The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel |
| title_short | The scorpion toxin and the potassium channel |
| title_sort | scorpion toxin and the potassium channel |
| topic | Biophysics and Structural Biology |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705072 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00873 |
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