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Ionophores MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Ionophores
Tree Number(s)
D27.505.519.562.374
D27.720.395
Unique ID
D007476
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007476
Scope Note
Chemical agents that increase the permeability of biological or artificial lipid membranes to specific ions. Most ionophores are relatively small organic molecules that act as mobile carriers within membranes or coalesce to form ion permeable channels across membranes. Many are antibiotics, and many act as uncoupling agents by short-circuiting the proton gradient across mitochondrial membranes.
Entry Term(s)
Ionophore
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Antibiotics (1966-1975)
Biological Transport (1966-1975)
Uncoupling Agents (1972-1975)
See Also
Cell Membrane Permeability
Public MeSH Note
76
History Note
76
Date Introduced
1976/01/01
Last Updated
2020/05/27
Ionophores Preferred
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