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Getting a bead on receptor movements

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Studies of populations of receptor proteins suggest that their number and location are highly regulated. Single-particle tracking of glycine receptors now reveals the direct movement of receptors between different clusters of the anchoring protein gephyrin.

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Figure 1: Experimental design for single-particle tracking of neurotransmitter receptors.

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Marie Craig, A., Lichtman, J. Getting a bead on receptor movements. Nat Neurosci 4, 219–220 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/85042

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