Structures of the Ion Channel of the Glutamate Receptor (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Structures of the Ion Channel of the Glutamate Receptor

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Structures of the ion channel of the glutamate receptor in the closed (left, blue) and open (right, orange) states viewed parallel (top) or perpendicular (bottom) to the membrane, from the extracellular (synaptic) side.

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Sobolevsky lab/Columbia University Medical Center

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