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Potassium channel, a Common card
Potassium channels are the most widely distributed type of ion channel found in virtually all organisms.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Potassium channel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Potassium channel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They form potassium-selective pores that span cell ______.
Answer
membranes. They form potassium-selective pores that span cell membranes. From the Potassium channel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bruce Beutler. Bruce Beutler 87 · Personality psychology 83 · Potassium channel 78 · Orosius 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Personality psychology. Personality psychology 61,000 · Orosius 27,000 · Potassium channel 14,000 · Educational toy 9,400 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They form potassium-selective pores that span cell membranes.
- Potassium channels are found in most cell types and control a wide variety of cell functions.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Potassium channel article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Potassium channel
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Potassium channel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andrei Lomize, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
