A succinct summarization of the past ten years of research in the field. * Examines the accumulated knowledge of channel structures and considers how it has advanced. * Provides a historical background and presents an analysis of the structure and function of several types of channels, including potassium, ClC chloride, and sodium ion channels. * Delves into topics such as diversity of potassium channels in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, selectivity and permeability of bacterial ion channels, voltage- and mechano-sensing, simulation studies of ion channels using molecular modeling, and the role of bacterial ion channels in cell physiology. * Serves as an important reference for ion channel specialists and as a useful introduction to the topic for nonspecialists in such fields as microbiology, structural and developmental biology, neuroscience, and biophysics who wish to acquaint themselves with these molecules.


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