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Large-conductance mechanosensitive channel — Mechanosensitive ion channels (MscL) play a critical role in transducing physical stresses at the cell membrane into an electrochemical response. [cite journal |author=Chang G, Spencer RH, Lee AT, Barclay MT, Rees DC |title=Structure of the MscL… … Wikipedia
Mechanosensitive ion channel — Mechanosensitive channels (MS channels) are found in a number of tissues and organisms and are thought to be the sensors for a number of systems including the senses of touch, hearing and balance, as well as participating in cardiovascular… … Wikipedia
Mechanosensitive channels — Finite Element Model of MscL transmembrane model. This figure is similar to the Tang et al. [28]. Mechanosensitive channels or mechanosensitive ion channels are membrane proteins capable of responding over a wide dynamic range to external… … Wikipedia
mechanosensitive — mech·a·no·sen·si·tive (mek″ə no senґsĭ tiv) responding to mechanical distortion; see mechanosensitive channel, under channel … Medical dictionary
mechanosensitive — adjective Sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure a mechanosensitive ion channel See Also: mechanosensing, mechanosensory, chemosensitive … Wiktionary
Stretch-activated ion channel — Stretch activated or stretch gated ion channels are ion channels which open their pores in response to mechanical deformation of a neuron s plasma membrane. Stretch activated channels were first observed in chick skeletal muscles by Falguni… … Wikipedia
Light-gated ion channel — Light gated ion channels are a group of transmembrane proteins that form ion channels; pores which open or close in response to light. Most light gated ion channels have been synthesized in the laboratory for study, though one naturally occurring … Wikipedia
Ion channel — Not to be confused with: Ion Television or Ion implantation. Schematic diagram of an ion channel. 1 channel domains (typically four per channel), 2 outer vestibule, 3 selectivity filter, 4 diameter of selectivity filter, 5 phosphorylation site, 6 … Wikipedia
Spheroplast — A spheroplast is a cell from which the cell wall has been almost completely removed, as by the action of penicillin. The name stems from the fact that after a microbe s cell wall is digested, membrane tension causes the cell to acquire a… … Wikipedia
Transmembrane protein — A transmembrane protein is a protein that spans the entire biological membrane. Transmembrane proteins aggregate and precipitate in water. They require detergents or nonpolar solvents for extraction, although some of them (beta barrels) can be… … Wikipedia
