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Researchers have speculated as to the molecular basis of O2 sensing for decades. In more recent years, since the discovery of ion channels as identified effectors for O2 sensing pathways, research has focussed on possible pathways coupling a reduction in hypoxia to altered ion channel activity. The most extensively studied systems are the K+ channels which are inhibited by hypoxia in chemoreceptor...