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Cell Physiological Phenomena > Signal Transduction > Ion Channel Gating
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Signal Transduction > Ion Channel Gating
Physiological Phenomena > Electrophysiological Phenomena > Ion Channel Gating

Preferred term

Ion Channel Gating  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Gating, Ion Channel
  • Gatings, Ion Channel
  • Ion Channel Gatings

Note

  • do not confuse with SENSORY GATING

Scope note

  • The opening and closing of ion channels due to a stimulus. The stimulus can be a change in membrane potential (voltage-gated), drugs or chemical transmitters (ligand-gated), or a mechanical deformation. Gating is thought to involve conformational changes of the ion channel which alters selective permeability.

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  • 90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015640

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