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Ion Channels

Ion Channel is a transmembrane protein complex that functions as a selectively permeable pore to regulate the passive flow of ions across biological membranes in response to specific physiological stimuli, thereby governing electrochemical gradients and cellular signaling.

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Ionic channels of excitable membranes

General Pharmacology The Vascular System · 1985 · 7K citations

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The Structure of the Potassium Channel: Molecular Basis of K <sup>+</sup> Conduction and Selectivity

D. Doyle, João H. Morais‐Cabral, Richard A. Pfuetzner et al. · Science · 1998 · 6.8K citations

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Magnesium gates glutamate-activated channels in mouse central neurones

Linda M. Nowak, Pìotr Bregestovski, Philippe Ascher et al. · Nature · 1984 · 4K citations

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Characterization of individual polynucleotide molecules using a membrane channel

John J. Kasianowicz, Eric Brandin, Daniel Branton et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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Piezo1 and Piezo2 Are Essential Components of Distinct Mechanically Activated Cation Channels

Bertrand Coste, Jayanti Mathur, Manuela Schmidt et al. · Science · 2010 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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    William A. Catterall

    University of Washington, United States

    251 publications · 38.2K citations

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    Roderick MacKinnon

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    116 publications · 43.7K citations

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    Michel Lazdunski

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    196 publications · 26K citations

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    Todd Scheuer

    University of Washington, United States

    117 publications · 20.3K citations

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    David E. Clapham

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    101 publications · 20.8K citations

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    237 h-index

    2.9K publications

    607.1K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    168 h-index

    2.2K publications

    312.4K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    151 h-index

    1.9K publications

    267.1K citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    148 h-index

    2.6K publications

    259.9K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    142 h-index

    2K publications

    253.2K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    139 h-index

    4.8K publications

    379.7K citations

  7. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    138 h-index

    1.7K publications

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  8. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

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  1. Nature

    650 publications · 230.6K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 1.9K publications · 248.3K citations

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  3. Science

    426 publications · 152.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 3.2K publications · 279.6K citations

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  5. The Journal of Physiology

    2.5K publications · 195.2K citations

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