Researchers have confirmed that mammalian BK ion channels regulate themselves using a “ball-and-chain” mechanism. A recent ...

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function with a "ball-and-chain" channel-plugging mechanism, according to investigators ...

Ion channels are integral membrane protein assemblies that modulate the flow of ions into and out of a cell or organelle ... authors pinpoint a motif in the HCN4 channel that governs heat-driven ...

Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science developed a new catalyst called bis(diimino)palladium coordination ...

Embedded within the lipid envelope bilayer is the viral integral membrane ion channel protein ... are detected by host cell sensors (e.g., retinoic acid-inducible gene-I), which then initiate ...

A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found that breathing influences pupil size. The pupil is smallest during ...

Mar. 10, 2025 — Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp tip. ... Scientists Discover Genes to ...

ucl.ac.uk In case series we previously reported, two individuals with ion channel-related congenital myopathy had additional discrete episodic or fluctuant weakness causing added morbidity.3 4 Here, ...