http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/images/mackinnon_fig1_lg.gif
This is the major figure from Mackinon's classical potassium channel work.
Now it is the trademark of the potassium channel. It will be remembered by
generations of biologists, like watson's double helix image.
But what does it mean?
Look at the left figure.
It reveals the dehyration, transport and rehydration process of the whole
event. The bottom cavity is within the cell. It is water filled and supposed
to overcome membra
