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. The findings boost the ...

The scientists determined the three-dimensional structure of the protein and found that there are positively charged calcium ions buried inside it, very near the place where the electrons are stored.

Calcium ions can trigger a BK channel to open its ... Dr. Nimigean and colleagues revealed this ball-and-chain structure in a simpler potassium channel called MthK, an evolutionarily distant ...

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 ...

Eye diseases often develop asymptomatically for many years. ICTER scientists have developed the f-ORG technique, which ...