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Potassium channels: the importance of transport signals
1Department of Biology, Bassine MS008, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA. griffith@brandeis.edu
Current Biology : CB
|April 13, 2001
Abstract:
The number, type and distribution of ion channels on a neuron's surface determine its electrical response to stimulation. One way that a cell determines how many molecules of each channel type are sent to the surface has been eludicated in a recent study of intrinsic protein transport signals within potassium channels.