Voltage‐Gated Ion Channels

Abstract

The sections in this article areIntroductionVoltage Gating from a Mechanistic Point of ViewVoltage‐Gated Ion Channels Uncovered in Plants and Their Involvements in Physiological ProcessesGating ModifiersOutlook – Voltage‐Gated Ion Channels in ‘Systems Biology’

Introductory Chapter: Ion Channels

“…Ion channels could be classified on the basis of gating, i.e., type of stimuli responsible for their opening and closing. Electrical gradient across the plasma membrane are responsible for the Introductory Chapter: Ion Channels http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80597 opening and closing of voltage-gated ion channels [25,26]; however, binding of the ligands to the channels is responsible for the activation and deactivation of ligand-gated ion channels [29].…”

“…The opening and closing of the voltage-gated ion channels are dependent on the membrane potential, which can be divided into the following subtypes [25][26][27][28].…”