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. 2018 Aug 6:7:e39664.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.39664.

Exploiting natural regulation

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Exploiting natural regulation

Catherine Proenza. Elife. .

Abstract

Using a short peptide to regulate the activity of HCN ion channels illustrates how physiological modulators could inspire new drugs.

Keywords: HCN channels; TRIP8b; allosteric regulation; cAMP; cardiac pacemaker; molecular biophysics; mouse; structural biology.

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