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channel (Avenue), noun arrangement, conduit, course, duct, expedient, facility, forum, instrument, means, medium, method, mode, outlet, passage, path, procedure, process, scheme, set up, strategy, tool, way channel (Navigable water), noun body of water, canal, gully, moat, navigable river, navigable stream, stream, trench, trough, water, waterway Associated concepts: navigable waters of the United States, Navigation Acts See also: avenue, facility, forum, instrument, instrumentality, medium, outlet, tool How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In a similar vein, Armin Huber of the University of Karlsruhe in Germany and his colleagues studied fruit fly photoreceptor cells, focusing on a protein channel that regulates the flow of ions through cells. Scientists could also study the transport of substances through the membrane, such as ions traveling through a protein channel. A second anti-cystic fibrosis approach calls for using one of the body's own chemicals to get another protein channel to make up for the nonfunctional CFTR protein, while the third would make better use of the defective CFTR protein. |
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