ion channel

The sei ion channel in fruit flies keeps their neuronal excitability in check.

Syrian hamsters and thirteen-lined ground squirrels are tolerant of chilly temperatures, thanks to amino acid changes in a cold-responsive ion channel. 

Human embryonic kidney cells use actin cytoskeletal networks to organize proteins on the surfaces of cell membranes.

Researchers uncover the first light-controlled negative-ion channels in algae, and they are fast.

Researchers have nailed down yet another component of the mechanotransduction complex responsible for relaying signals from hair cells in the ear.

Scientists create a photosensitive pharmaceutical to target a glutamate receptor.

A little-studied protein appears to be a critical part of the perplexing channel that prevents cells from bursting.

Grasshopper mice harbor mutations in a pain-transmitting sodium channel that allow them to prey on highly toxic bark scorpions.

The substance targets the same ion channel that's mutated in people who don't feel pain.

A putative ion channel integral to mammalian hearing turns out to be an elusive salt-sensing chemoreceptor in nematode worms.

Heat-sensing protein channels in vampire bats allow the flying mammals to find the best place to sink their teeth into their prey.