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Michael Levin Bioelectricity Voltage-Gated Channel Cutaway with Sensor Helices Pulling the Pore Gate Open

Michael Levin Bioelectricity Voltage-Gated Channel Cutaway with Sensor Helices Pulling the Pore Gate Open Education Model Stylized StarForge 3D Print STL File

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Michael Levin Bioelectricity Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel with Four Repeat Domains Around a Central Pore - 3D Printable STL File

A voltage-gated channel is cut away to show sensor helices pulling the central pore gate open inside a slab of lipid bilayer. The membrane on both sides is sculpted as rows of round lipid heads with wavy tails between them, and the channel's halves part around a hollow pore lined with stacked helical coils. The cross section makes the opening mechanism easy to follow. Use this ion channel cutaway in neuroscience or cell biology lessons on nerve signals, or keep it as a teaching display piece.

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