Concept information
Preferred term
Ion Channels
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Channel, Ion
- Channel, Ionic
- Channel, Membrane
- Channels, Ionic
- Channels, Membrane
- Ion Channel
- Ionic Channel
- Ionic Channels
- Membrane Channel
- Membrane Channels
Note
- general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific ion / metab (IM)
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 79
In other languages
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Finnish
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ionikanava
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007473
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