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ION CHANNELS

Specialty Definition: ION CHANNELS

Domain	Definition
Health	Gated, ion-selective glycoproteins that traverse membranes. The stimulus for channel gating can be a membrane potential, drug, transmitter, cytoplasmic messenger, or a mechanical deformation. Ion channels which are integral parts of ionotropic neurotransmitter receptors are not included. (references)
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Crosswords: ION CHANNELS

Specialty definitions using "ION CHANNELS": Astrocytes ♦ Ion Channel Gating ♦ Neurotransmitters ♦ Receptors, AMPA, Receptors, Glutamate, Receptors, Kainic Acid, Receptors, Neurotransmitter ♦ Synaptic Transmission. (references)

Commercial Usage: ION CHANNELS

Domain	Title
Books	Airways Smooth Muscle: Peptide Receptors, Ion Channels, and Signal Transduction (reference) Ion Channels and Disease: Channelopathies (reference) Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes (3rd Edition) (reference) Ion Channels of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Endothelial Cells: Proceedings of the International Society for Heart Research (Ishr Held in Cinci) (reference) Receptor and Ion-Channel Trafficking: Cell Biology of Ligand-Gated and Voltage Sensitive Ion Channels (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: ION CHANNELS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Ion channels are important for transmitting signals through the nerve's membrane. (references)
		Several types of epilepsy have now been linked to defective genes for ion channels, the "gates" that control the flow of ions in and out of cells and regulate neuron signaling. (references)
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Modern Translation: ION CHANNELS

Language		Translations for "ION CHANNELS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		superfamille de canaux ioniques (superfamily of ion channels). (various references)

German		Superfamilie aus Ionenkanälen (superfamily of ion channels). (various references)

Italian		superfamiglia di canali ionici (superfamily of ion channels). (various references)

Pig Latin		ionay annelschay

Spanish		superfamilia de canales iónicos (superfamily of ion channels). (various references)

Swedish		superfamilj av jonkanaler (superfamily of ion channels). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: ION CHANNELS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-n-n-n-o-s"
	-1 letter: chelonians.
	-2 letters: cannelons, chelonian, nonsaline.
	-3 letters: alencons, alnicoes, cannelon, cannolis, canonise, chalones, channels, chinones, cholines, clannish, enchains, helicons, solanine.
	-4 letters: acinose, alencon, alnicos, ancones, anisole, canines, cannels, cannoli, cannons, celosia, chaines, chalone, channel, chanson, chinone, choline, cineols, conines, enchain, encinal, encinas, enhalos, helicon, inclose, inhales, inlaces, lichens, loaches, lochans, nancies, nannies, noncash, oilcans, sanicle.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-n-n-n-o-s"
	+4 letters: channelizations, rhinencephalons.
	+5 letters: nanotechnologies.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography

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