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Acid-sensing ion channel-1 contributes to axonal degeneration in autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system
Manuel A Friese et al.
Nature Medicine 13, 1483–1489
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1668
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels mediate survival during infection in mammals and insects
Ben Croker et al.
Nature Genetics 39, 1453–1460
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/ng.2007.25
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Sudden and unexpected
Rudi Balling
Nature Genetics 39, 1422–1423
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/ng1207-1422
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RGS2 modulates coupling between GABAB receptors and GIRK channels in dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area
Gwenaël Labouèbe et al.
Nature Neuroscience 10, 1559–1568
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nn2006
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Regulation of ion transport proteins by membrane phosphoinositides
Nikita Gamper & Mark S. Shapiro
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 921–934
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2257
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Genetically encoded molecules for inducibly inactivating CaV channels
Tingting Yang, Yasir Suhail, Stanislava Dalton, Timothy Kernan & Henry M Colecraft
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 795–804
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.42
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Chemical genetic modification of Ca2+ channel activity
Michael Nitabach
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 754–755
(December 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio1207-754
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Conformational dynamics of the KcsA potassium channel governs gating properties
Kent A Baker, Christos Tzitzilonis, Witek Kwiatkowski, Senyon Choe & Roland Riek
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 1089–1095
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1311
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Drosophila hygrosensation requires the TRP channels water witch and nanchung
Lei Liu et al.
Nature 450, 294–298
(8 November 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06223
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Molecular driving forces determining potassium channel slow inactivation
Julio F Cordero-Morales et al.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 1062–1069
(November 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1309
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Inhibition of nociceptors by TRPV1-mediated entry of impermeant sodium channel blockers
Alexander M. Binshtok, Bruce P. Bean & Clifford J. Woolf
Nature 449, 607–610
(4 October 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06191
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Neuroscience: A local route to pain relief
Edwin W. McCleskey
Nature 449, 545–546
(4 October 2007); doi:10.1038/449545a
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Chloride finds its place in the transport cycle
Susan G Amara
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 792–794
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb0907-792
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An HSV vector system for selection of ligand-gated ion channel modulators
Rahul Srinivasan, Shaohua Huang, Suchita Chaudhry, Adrian Sculptoreanu, David Krisky, Michael Cascio, Peter A Friedman, William C de Groat, Darren Wolfe & Joseph C Glorioso
Nature Methods 4, 733–739
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nmeth1077
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Channeling the worm: microfluidic devices for nematode neurobiology
Shawn Lockery
Nature Methods 4, 691–692
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nmeth0907-691
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Glucose sensing by POMC neurons regulates glucose homeostasis and is impaired in obesity
Laura E. Parton, Chian Ping Ye, Roberto Coppari, Pablo J. Enriori, Brian Choi, Chen-Yu Zhang, Chun Xu, Claudia R. Vianna, Nina Balthasar, Charlotte E. Lee, Joel K. Elmquist, Michael A. Cowley & Bradford B. Lowell
Nature 449, 228–232
(13 September 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06098
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Calcium signalling in lymphocyte activation and disease
Stefan Feske
Nature Reviews Immunology 7, 690–702
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nri2152
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Nicotinic control of axon excitability regulates thalamocortical transmission
Hideki Kawai, Ronit Lazar & Raju Metherate
Nature Neuroscience 10, 1168–1175
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1956
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Structural dynamics in the gating ring of cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels
Justin W Taraska & William N Zagotta
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 854–860
(September 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1281
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A functional circuit underlying male sexual behaviour in the female mouse brain
Tali Kimchi, Jennings Xu & Catherine Dulac
Nature 448, 1009–1014
(30 August 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06089
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Behavioural neurobiology: Females can also be from Mars
Nirao M. Shah & S. Marc Breedlove
Nature 448, 999–1000
(30 August 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05892
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The detection of carbonation by the Drosophila gustatory system
Walter Fischler, Priscilla Kong, Sunanda Marella & Kristin Scott
Nature 448, 1054–1057
(30 August 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06101
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Crystal structure of the MgtE Mg2+ transporter
Motoyuki Hattori, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shuya Fukai, Ryuichiro Ishitani & Osamu Nureki
Nature 448, 1072–1075
(30 August 2007); doi:10.1038/nature06093
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The sequence of events that underlie quantal transmission at central glutamatergic synapses
John E. Lisman, Sridhar Raghavachari & Richard W. Tsien
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 597–609
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2191
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A tarantula peptide against pain via ASIC1a channels and opioid mechanisms
Michel Mazzuca, Catherine Heurteaux, Abdelkrim Alloui, Sylvie Diochot, Anne Baron, Nicolas Voilley, Nicolas Blondeau, Pierre Escoubas, Agnès Gélot, Anny Cupo, Andreas Zimmer, Anne M Zimmer, Alain Eschalier & Michel Lazdunski
Nature Neuroscience 10, 943–945
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1940
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Exocytotic catecholamine release is not associated with cation flux through channels in the vesicle membrane but Na+ influx through the fusion pore
Liang-Wei Gong, Guillermo Alvarez de Toledo & Manfred Lindau
Nature Cell Biology 9, 915–922
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1617
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Crystal structure of the extracellular domain of nAChR α1 bound to α-bungarotoxin at 1.94 Å resolution
Cosma D Dellisanti, Yun Yao, James C Stroud, Zuo-Zhong Wang & Lin Chen
Nature Neuroscience 10, 953–962
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1942
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Nicotinic receptor structure emerging slowly
Titia K Sixma
Nature Neuroscience 10, 937–938
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nn0807-937
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CFTR regulatory region interacts with NBD1 predominantly via multiple transient helices
Jennifer M R Baker, Rhea P Hudson, Voula Kanelis, Wing-Yiu Choy, Patrick H Thibodeau, Philip J Thomas & Julie D Forman-Kay
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 738–745
(August 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1278
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TRP channels in mechanosensation: direct or indirect activation?
Adam P. Christensen & David P. Corey
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 510–521
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2149
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BACE1 regulates voltage-gated sodium channels and neuronal activity
Doo Yeon Kim, Bryce W. Carey, Haibin Wang, Laura A. M. Ingano, Alexander M. Binshtok, Mary H. Wertz, Warren H. Pettingell, Ping He, Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Clifford J. Woolf & Dora M. Kovacs
Nature Cell Biology 9, 755–764
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1602
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Regulation of T-type calcium channels by Rho-associated kinase
Mircea Iftinca, Jawed Hamid, Lina Chen, Diego Varela, Reza Tadayonnejad, Christophe Altier, Ray W Turner & Gerald W Zamponi
Nature Neuroscience 10, 854–860
(July 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1921
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TRIC channels are essential for Ca2+ handling in intracellular stores
Masayuki Yazawa, Christopher Ferrante, Jue Feng, Kazuhiro Mio, Toshihiko Ogura, Miao Zhang, Pei-Hui Lin, Zui Pan, Shinji Komazaki, Kazuhiro Kato, Miyuki Nishi, Xiaoli Zhao, Noah Weisleder, Chikara Sato, Jianjie Ma & Hiroshi Takeshima
Nature 448, 78–82
(5 July 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05928
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'Rejuvenation' protects neurons in mouse models of Parkinson's disease
C. Savio Chan, Jaime N. Guzman, Ema Ilijic, Jeff N. Mercer, Caroline Rick, Tatiana Tkatch, Gloria E. Meredith & D. James Surmeier
Nature 447, 1081–1086
(28 June 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05865
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Sensory neuron sodium channel Nav1.8 is essential for pain at low temperatures
Katharina Zimmermann, Andreas Leffler, Alexandru Babes, Cruz Miguel Cendan, Richard W. Carr, Jin-ichi Kobayashi, Carla Nau, John N. Wood & Peter W. Reeh
Nature 447, 856–859
(14 June 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05880
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RAS–RAF–MEK-dependent oxidative cell death involving voltage-dependent anion channels
Nicholas Yagoda, Moritz von Rechenberg, Elma Zaganjor, Andras J. Bauer, Wan Seok Yang, Daniel J. Fridman, Adam J. Wolpaw, Inese Smukste, John M. Peltier, J. Jay Boniface, Richard Smith, Stephen L. Lessnick, Sudhir Sahasrabudhe & Brent R. Stockwell
Nature 447, 865–869
(14 June 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05859
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STIM1 heteromultimerizes TRPC channels to determine their function as store-operated channels
Joseph P. Yuan, Weizhong Zeng, Guo N. Huang, Paul F. Worley & Shmuel Muallem
Nature Cell Biology 9, 636–645
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1590
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Restoration of cone vision in a mouse model of achromatopsia
John J Alexander, Yumiko Umino, Drew Everhart, Bo Chang, Seok H Min, Qiuhong Li, Adrian M Timmers, Norman L Hawes, Ji-jing Pang, Robert B Barlow & William W Hauswirth
Nature Medicine 13, 685–687
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1596
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The action potential in mammalian central neurons
Bruce P. Bean
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 451–465
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2148
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Mechanosensitive channels in bacteria: signs of closure?
Ian R. Booth, Michelle D. Edwards, Susan Black, Ulrike Schumann & Samantha Miller
Nature Reviews Microbiology 5, 431–440
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrmicro1659
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The action potential in mammalian central neurons
Bruce P. Bean
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 451–465
(June 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2148
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Structural basis of Na+/K+-ATPase adaptation to marine environments
Claudia Colina, Joshua J C Rosenthal, Joseph A DeGiorgis, Deepa Srikumar, Nikhila Iruku & Miguel Holmgren
Nature Structural & Cell Biology 14, 427–431
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1237
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Neuroscience: Wrestling with SUMO
Françoise Coussen & Daniel Choquet
Nature 447, 271–272
(17 May 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05888
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The vanilloid receptor TRPV1: 10 years from channel cloning to antagonist proof-of-concept
Arpad Szallasi, Daniel N. Cortright, Charles A. Blum & Samer R. Eid
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 357–372
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nrd2280
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Voltage-dependent anion channels are dispensable for mitochondrial-dependent cell death
Christopher P. Baines, Robert A. Kaiser, Tatiana Sheiko, William J. Craigen & Jeffery D. Molkentin
Nature Cell Biology 9, 550–555
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1575
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Mitochondrial apoptosis without VDAC
Lorenzo Galluzzi & Guido Kroemer
Nature Cell Biology 9, 487–489
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb0507-487
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Caenorhabditis elegans TRPA-1 functions in mechanosensation
Katie S Kindt, Veena Viswanath, Lindsey Macpherson, Kathleen Quast, Hongzhen Hu, Ardem Patapoutian & William R Schafer
Nature Neuroscience 10, 568–577
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1886
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The uncoupled chloride conductance of a bacterial glutamate transporter homolog
Renae M Ryan & Joseph A Mindell
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 365–371
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb1230
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A leak in the EAATs
Christopher Miller
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 356–357
(May 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb0507-356
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Channel, neuronal and clinical function in sodium channelopathies: from genotype to phenotype
Stephen G Waxman
Nature Neuroscience 10, 405–409
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1857
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The neuronal background K2P channels: focus on TREK1
Eric Honoré
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 251–261
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nrn2117
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Uncoupling proteins 2 and 3 are fundamental for mitochondrial Ca2+ uniport
Michael Trenker, Roland Malli, Ismene Fertschai, Sanja Levak-Frank & Wolfgang F. Graier
Nature Cell Biology 9, 445–452
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1556
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R-type Ca2+-channel-evoked CICR regulates glucose-induced somatostatin secretion
Quan Zhang, Martin Bengtsson, Chris Partridge, Albert Salehi, Matthias Braun, Roger Cox, Lena Eliasson, Paul RV Johnson, Erik Renström, Toni Schneider, Per-Olof Berggren, Sven Göpel, Frances M Ashcroft & Patrik Rorsman
Nature Cell Biology 9, 453–460
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/ncb1563
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Ca2+ channel blockers reverse iron overload by a new mechanism via divalent metal transporter-1
Susanne Ludwiczek, Igor Theurl, Martina U Muckenthaler, Martin Jakab, Sabine M Mair, Milan Theurl, Judit Kiss, Markus Paulmichl, Matthias W Hentze, Markus Ritter & Guenter Weiss
Nature Medicine 13, 448–454
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1542
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The muscle-specific microRNA miR-1 regulates cardiac arrhythmogenic potential by targeting GJA1 and KCNJ2
Baofeng Yang, Huixian Lin, Jiening Xiao, Yanjie Lu, Xiaobin Luo, Baoxin Li, Ying Zhang, Chaoqian Xu, Yunlong Bai, Huizhen Wang, Guohao Chen & Zhiguo Wang
Nature Medicine 13, 486–491
(April 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1569
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TRPM8 voltage sensor mutants reveal a mechanism for integrating thermal and chemical stimuli
Thomas Voets, Grzegorz Owsianik, Annelies Janssens, Karel Talavera and Bernd Nilius
Nature Chemical Biology 3, 174–182
(March 2007); doi:10.1038/nchembio862
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Relating ligand binding to activation gating in CNGA2 channels
Christoph Biskup, Jana Kusch, Eckhard Schulz, Vasilica Nache, Frank Schwede, Frank Lehmann, Volker Hagen and Klaus Benndorf
Nature 446, 440–443
(22 March 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05596
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Alternative splicing controls G protein—dependent inhibition of N-type calcium channels in nociceptors
Jesica Raingo, Andrew J Castiglioni & Diane Lipscombe
Nature Neurobiology 10, 285–292
(March 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1848
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Calcium channels diversify their signaling portfolio
Stephen R Ikeda & Kathleen Dunlap
Nature Neurobiology 10, 269–271
(March 2007); doi:10.1038/nn0307-269
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How to gate an ion channel: lessons from MthK
Sudha Chakrapani & Eduardo Perozo
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 180–182
(March 2007); doi:10.1038/nsmb0307-180
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Direct activation of the ion channel TRPA1 by Ca2+
Sandra Zurborg, Brian Yurgionas, Julia A Jira, Ombretta Caspani & Paul A Heppenstall
Nature Neuroscience 10, 277 - 279
(March 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1843
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A cytosolic trans-activation domain essential for ammonium uptake
D. Loqué, S. Lalonde, L. L. Looger, N. von Wirén and W. B. Frommer
Nature 446, 195–198
(8 March 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05579
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Structure of an ABC transporter in complex with its binding protein
Kaspar Hollenstein, Dominik C. Frei and Kaspar P. Locher
Nature 446, 213–216
(8 March 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05626
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Gating pore current in an inherited ion channelopathy
Stanislav Sokolov, Todd Scheuer and William A. Catterall
Nature 446, 76–78
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05598
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Physiology: Legacy of leaky channels
Richard Horn
Nature 446, 32–34
(1 March 2007); doi:10.1038/446032a
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Noxious compounds activate TRPA1 ion channels through covalent modification of cysteines
Lindsey J. Macpherson, Adrienne E. Dubin, Michael J. Evans, Felix Marr, Peter G. Schultz, Benjamin F. Cravatt and Ardem Patapoutian
Nature 445, 541–545
(1 February 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05544
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The twisted ion-permeation pathway of a resting voltage-sensing domain
Francesco Tombola, Medha M. Pathak, Pau Gorostiza and Ehud Y. Isacoff
Nature 445, 546–549
(1 February 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05396
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Structure prediction for the down state of a potassium channel voltage sensor
Michael Grabe, Helen C. Lai, Monika Jain, Yuh Nung Jan and Lily Yeh Jan
Nature 445, 550–553
(1 February 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05494
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Coupling substrate and ion binding to extracellular gate of a sodium-dependent aspartate transporter
Olga Boudker, Renae M. Ryan, Dinesh Yernool, Keiko Shimamoto and Eric Gouaux
Nature 445, 387–393
(25 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05455
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A prokaryotic proton-gated ion channel from the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor family
Nicolas Bocquet, Lia Prado de Carvalho, Jean Cartaud, Jacques Neyton, Chantal Le Poupon, Antoine Taly, Thomas Grutter, Jean-Pierre Changeux and Pierre-Jean Corringer
Nature 445, 116–119
(4 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05371
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