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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of organic compounds that facilitate the transport of ions across the cell membrane.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biochemistry) A compound that enhances transport of ions across cellular membranes, by binding them and carrying them across. As a class
ionophores tend to be lipophilic in nature; each compound is usually specific for one or a small number of ions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry any substance that can
transfer ions from ahydrophilic medium (such as water) to ahydrophobic medium, or across abiological membrane , normally by forming acomplex with it; anion carrier
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Examples
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The eggs were divided into two batches, one of which was fertilized, the other treated with calcium ionophore, A23187.
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Preincubation of cells with cromoglycate, dihydroquercetin and amentoflavone, a biflavonoid, decreased the potency of drugs to inhibit the ionophore-induced release; the optimal inhibitions were observed when drugs were added simultaneously with the ionophore A23187.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Bronner C, Landry Y The effect of cromoglycate and of natural flavonoids on histamine release from peritoneal rat mast cells induced by compound 48/80 and ionophore
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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In fact, studies in animals and early, short-term clinical trials of zinc-ionophore drugs including clioquinol and PBT2 in people with Alzheimer's disease have so far produced promising results.
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In fact, studies in animals and early, short-term clinical trials of zinc-ionophore drugs including clioquinol and PBT2 in people with Alzheimer's disease have so far produced promising results.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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In contrast, a short preincubation (2 min) of cells with quercetin or luteolin decreased their inhibitory effect on the ionophore-induced release, whereas a longer preincubation increased the inhibition.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Apart from glutamate, the calcium ionophore ionomycin was able to induce ER fission.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Krzysztof Kucharz et al. 2009
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As control, we used a depolarized sample treated with ionophore Valynomicin for further 15 min after JC-1 staining.
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When stimulated with progesterone or A23187 (a calcium ionophore), sperm from these animals had a defective acrosome reaction.
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Third, we found that the calcium ionophore ionomycin caused ER fission but that, even in this case, ER fission required NMDA receptor activation.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Krzysztof Kucharz et al. 2009
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