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n. (ion channel English) May refer to either multiple ion channel classes or to multiple members of a single class.
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- Redirect Ion channel
Usage examples of "ion channels".
They can be measured biochemically, in terms of a cellular cascade of processes which begins with the opening of ion channels in the synaptic membranes and proceeds by way of complex intracellular signals to the synthesis of new proteins which, inserted into the synaptic and dendritic membranes, are responsible for these morphological changes.
Small, but HERG contained instructions for the assembly of a protein that served as a potassium ion channel in the surface of heart cells, and these ion channels acted as a switch to turn off contracting heart cells.
She thinks your perirhinal cortex may be especially well suited for forming new ion channels.