Topic Introduction

Ion Channels: History, Diversity, and Impact

  1. Paul J. Kammermeier3,4
  1. 1Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia 20147;
  2. 2Centre for Integrative Physiology, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom;
  3. 3Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
  1. 4Correspondence: brenowitzs{at}janelia.hhmi.org; ian.duguid{at}ed.ac.uk; paul_kammermeier{at}urmc.rochester.edu

Abstract

From patch-clamp techniques to recombinant DNA technologies, three-dimensional protein modeling, and optogenetics, diverse and sophisticated methods have been used to study ion channels and how they determine the electrical properties of cells.

Footnotes

  • From the Ion Channels collection, edited by Paul J. Kammermeier, Ian Duguid, and Stephan Brenowitz.

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