Chemicals and Drugs

Ion Channels

Gated, ion-selective glycoproteins that traverse membranes. The stimulus for ION CHANNEL GATING can be due to a variety of stimuli such as LIGANDS, a TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE, mechanical deformation or through INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS.

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Abstract

Gated, ion-selective glycoproteins that traverse membranes. The stimulus for ION CHANNEL GATING can be due to a variety of stimuli such as LIGANDS, a TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE, mechanical deformation or through INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Ion Channel
  • Ionic Channel
  • Ionic Channels
  • Membrane Channel
  • Membrane Channels
  • Channel, Ion
  • Channel, Ionic
  • Channel, Membrane
  • Channels, Ion
  • Channels, Ionic
  • Channels, Membrane

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30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific ion / metab (IM)

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79

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Previous Indexing

  • Cell Membrane (1966-1978)
  • Electric Conductivity (1968-1978)
  • Membrane Potentials (1967-1978)

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QU 55.7

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ion Channels. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007473. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007473
  2. Ion Channels. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_channel
  3. Ion Channels. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62536