In plants, guard cells control the stomatal opening by expanding and contracting through ion flux. When a plant senses light, a signal is sent to the guard cell to increase its ion content, which ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The elusiveness of single ion channels intrigued researchers for another quarter of a century. In his youth, Erwin Neher, now a biophysicist at ...

Ion channels are integral membrane protein assemblies that modulate the flow of ions into and out of a cell or organelle, leading to generation of electrical signals. Opening (gating) of ion ...

Ion channel proteins are concerned with inorganic ... researchers are encouraged to use simple artificial receptor molecules to simulate the structure and function of their counterparts.

Ion channel proteins are found on all cell types ... at TetraGenetics encapsulate and stabilize purified protein in an artificial bilayer with immune-stimulating molecules to generate adjuvanted ...

In particular, these epithelial-cell ion channels respond to a mechanical stimulus, such as pressure or stretching, which is ...

Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular 'springs' that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must ...

Study establishes 'ball and chain' mechanism inactivates key mammalian ion channel Date: March 4, 2025 Source: Weill Cornell Medicine Summary: A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ...

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function ...