Chemist no. 182 of 350 · Biochemistry

Roderick MacKinnon

1956-United StatesNobel Chemistry 2003

Structure of potassium ion channels

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The discovery, explained

Roderick MacKinnon and the Potassium Channel: Seeing How an Ion Is Chosen

How Roderick MacKinnon solved the 3D structure of the KcsA potassium channel and explained ion selectivity. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003 explained simply.

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Biography

Roderick MacKinnon: From Medicine to the Atomic Structure of Ion Channels

Life and legacy of Roderick MacKinnon, physician-turned-structural biologist who solved the potassium channel and won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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