title: Understanding ion channel selectivity and gating and their role in cellular signalling.
abstract: Ion channels play an essential role in the communication between and within cells. Here some of the different ion channel proteins and the roles they perform are introduced, before a discussion of the mechanisms by which they discriminate between different ion types and open and close to allow the passage of ions at the appropriate times.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. ben@theochem.uwa.edu.au
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Corry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006096:Gramicidin / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008024:Ligands; D008954:Models, Biological; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D008024:Ligands; D006096:Gramicidin