#A new role for a tiny linker in transmembrane ion channels
“#A new role for a tiny linker in transmembrane ion channels” Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the molecular-level world of ion channels—passageways through membranes that carry signals in a cell’s environment and allow it to respond—researchers have debated about the role of a small piece of the channel called a linker, says computational biophysicist Jianhan…