A member of an important class of ion channel proteins can transiently rearrange itself into a larger structure with dramatically altered properties, according to a new study. The discovery is a ...

Chloride ions, best known for helping cells maintain fluid balance and electrical stability, may also play a more direct role ...

Highly dilute metal ions can aggregate in a high-temperature ionic-liquid medium and form long-lived clusters. The unexpected finding, which is the result of a study that combines experiment and ...

New insights into the structures of glutamate receptor ion channels (iGluRs), combined with functional and biochemical data, can help us to understand how agonist binding triggers their activation and ...