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Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.157.530.400.600.900
D12.776.543.550.450.750.900
D12.776.543.585.400.750.900
Unique ID
D024642
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D024642
Scope Note
Potassium channel whose permeability to ions is extremely sensitive to the transmembrane potential difference. The opening of these channels is induced by the membrane depolarization of the ACTION POTENTIAL.
Entry Version
K CHANNELS VOLTAGE GATED
Entry Term(s)
Kv Potassium Channels
Potassium Channel, Voltage-Gated
Voltage-Gated K+ Channels
Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel
Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Potassium Channels (1981-2001)
Public MeSH Note
2002
History Note
2002
Date Established
2002/01/01
Date of Entry
2001/08/03
Revision Date
2016/07/01
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated Preferred
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