Potassium ion channels (green) interacting with the cytoskeletal actin network (red) in live human embryonic kidney cells KRAPF LAB, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

(See S. Sadegh et al., “Plasma membrane is compartmentalized by a self-similar cortical actin meshwork,” arXiv:1702.03997, 2017). 

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