Views of 3D pore protein pannexin 1 (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Views of 3D pore protein pannexin 1

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Six microscopic views of the 3D pore protein pannexin 1. The images were captured using cryo-electron microscopy. Each pore protein is about 6 nm wide. This means that well over 300,000 could fit on the head of a pin (2 mm).

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Furukawa lab/CSHL, 2020

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