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Chemical agents that increase the permeability of biological or artificial lipid membranes to specific ions. Most ionophores are relatively small organic molecules that act as mobile carriers within membranes or coalesce to form ion permeable channels across membranes. Many are antibiotics, and many act as uncoupling agents by short-circuiting the proton gradient across mitochondrial membranes.
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- Ionophore
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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- Antibiotics (1966-1975)
- Biological Transport (1966-1975)
- Uncoupling Agents (1972-1975)
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- National Library of Medicine. Ionophores. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007476. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007476
- Ionophores. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionophore
- Ionophores. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q415168