Roderick MacKinnon

Nobel Lecture

Potassium Channels and the Atomic Basis of Selective Ion Conduction

Roderick MacKinnon held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2003, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Bengt Nordén, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

Potassium Channels and the Atomic Basis of Selective Ion Conduction

Roderick MacKinnon held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2003, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Bengt Nordén, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2003, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2004

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