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  2. Gating (electrophysiology) - Wikipedia

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    Voltage-gated ion channel. When the membrane is polarized, the voltage sensing domain of the channel shifts, opening the channel to ion flow (ions represented by yellow circles). Voltage-gated ion channels open and close in response to the electrical potential across the cell membrane. Portions of the channel domain act as voltage sensors.

  3. List of types of equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    Static equilibrium (economics), the intersection of supply and demand in any market; Sunspot equilibrium, an economic equilibrium in which non-fundamental factors affect prices or quantities; Underemployment equilibrium, a situation in Keynesian economics with a persistent shortfall relative to full employment and potential output

  4. Calcium channel - Wikipedia

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    A calcium channel is an ion channel which shows selective permeability to calcium ions. It is sometimes synonymous with voltage-gated calcium channel, [1] which are a type of calcium channel regulated by changes in membrane potential. Some calcium channels are regulated by the binding of a ligand.

  5. Ionophore - Wikipedia

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    The structure of the complex of sodium (Na +) and the antibiotic monensin A Structure of a potassium complex of a crown ether, a synthetic ionophore-ion complex. Biological activities of metal ion-binding compounds can be changed in response to the increment of the metal concentration, and based on the latter compounds can be classified as "metal ionophores", "metal chelators" or "metal ...

  6. Electro-osmosis - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, electro-osmotic flow (EOF, hyphen optional; synonymous with electro-osmosis or electro-endosmosis) is the motion of liquid induced by an applied potential across a porous material, capillary tube, membrane, microchannel, or any other fluid conduit.

  7. Mechanotransduction - Wikipedia

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    Current findings indicate that the mechanotransduction channel in hair cells is a complex biological machine. Mechanotransduction also includes the use of chemical energy to do mechanical work. Mechanotransduction also includes the use of chemical energy to do mechanical work.

  8. Steady state (biochemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In biochemistry, steady state refers to the maintenance of constant internal concentrations of molecules and ions in the cells and organs of living systems. [1] Living organisms remain at a dynamic steady state where their internal composition at both cellular and gross levels are relatively constant, but different from equilibrium concentrations. [1]

  9. Physical knot theory - Wikipedia

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    Physical knot theory is the study of mathematical models of knotting phenomena, often motivated by considerations from biology, chemistry, and physics (Kauffman 1991). ). Physical knot theory is used to study how geometric and topological characteristics of filamentary structures, such as magnetic flux tubes, vortex filaments, polymers, DNAs, influence their physical properties and