title: Ion channels of biological membranes. A structuralist view.
abstract: Ion channels are integral membrane proteins, crossed by a central pore which serves to ions as a pathway between intra- and extracellular environment. Their main characteristics, gating and selectivity, are discussed as a contribution to the problem of the dynamic structuring of the organism.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Biologia Cellulare, Facoltà di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Università degli Studi di Perdigia, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petris
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trequattrini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008024:Ligands; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D008024:Ligands