Ion channels opened by glutamate mediate fast cell-to-cell information transfer in the nervous system. The structure of a full-length tetrameric glutamate receptor is both confirmatory and revelatory.
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Wollmuth, L., Traynelis, S. Excitatory view of a receptor. Nature 462, 729–731 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462729a
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