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Acetylcholine Receptor
A model of an acetylcholine receptor, with the secondary structure of on subunit indicated by cylinders and ribbons. Steered molecular dynamics simulations were conducted on Blue Horizon and DataStar at San Diego Supercomputer Center to investigate the ion conduction properties and changing geometry of the channel. This research is supported by a National Science Foundation grant, awarded to Kamal Shukla, program officer, MCB 00-71429. (Date of Image: 2004)
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Credit: Richard Law and Andrew McCammon, UCSD
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