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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
jean-daniel.horisberger{at}ipharm.unil.ch
The sodium pump (or Na-K-ATPase) is essential to the function of animal cells. Publication of the related calcium pump (SERCA) structure together with several recent results from a variety of approaches allow us to propose a mechanistic model to answer the question: "How does the sodium pump pump?"
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