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They discovered that the new nanotubes conducted ions as effectively as the eight-ringed ones and more efficiently than gramicidin A, a natural peptide channel with antibiotic properties.
The artificial membrane is studded with synthetic ion channels, based on the design of a natural ion-channel made of a polypeptide called gramicidin A, found in the common soil-dwelling microbe Bacterium brevis.
 
 
 
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