Sentences with phrase «by both membrane voltage»

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Also, by using devices that contain large stretches of permeable membranes that separate salt water from fresh, scientists have tapped the voltage difference that exists between them.

Low voltage T - type channels generate tiny pulses of current at regular intervals by selectively passing positively charged cations across the cell's membrane through a gate - like channel.

Voltage - dependent potassium ion (K +) channels (Kv channels) conduct K + ions across the cell membrane in response to changes in the membrane voltage, thereby regulating neuronal excitability by modulating the shape and frequency of action poteVoltage - dependent potassium ion (K +) channels (Kv channels) conduct K + ions across the cell membrane in response to changes in the membrane voltage, thereby regulating neuronal excitability by modulating the shape and frequency of action potevoltage, thereby regulating neuronal excitability by modulating the shape and frequency of action potentials.

The researchers took a FRET reporter and adapted it into a BRET reporter by using NanoLuc ® Luciferase to excite the Venus fluorescent protein in conjunction with a membrane - inserted voltage sensing domain (LOTUS V; Luminescent Optical Tool for Universal Sensing of Vovoltage sensing domain (LOTUS V; Luminescent Optical Tool for Universal Sensing of VoltageVoltage).

Researchers have answered an important question in biology by discovering the exquisite mechanism by which channels in the cell membrane sense voltage changes that trigger them to snap open or slam...

The tiny variations in voltage which make dynamic drivers and balanced armatures work isn't enough to drive them, so the signal must be highly amplified in order to move the membrane by voltage alone — hence the KSE1500's dedicated amplifier, which applies up to 200 volts of power.