Structural studies of potassium channels suggest that opening of the gate involves large changes in the intracellular pore aperture, leaving a pore diameter >12 Å. A recent mechanistic study on ...

The term 'gating' refers to the allosteric transition that opens and closes the pore of an ion channel. Channel gating has been the focus of intense investigation, but its structural basis remains ...

GALVESTON - A giant floodgate at the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel, coupled with a 130-mile wetlands recreation area, should be built to protect Houston from hurricane storm surges, a research ...