Opening (gating) of ion channels can occur upon stimulation with ligands such as second messengers, voltage, temperature and mechanical stress. The directionality of channels is dictated by the ...

A ligand is an ion or small molecule ... the iron-cyanide coordination complex Prussian blue, or the iron-containing blood-protein haemoglobin. Cyclopentadienyl ligands are central to ...

The study looked into how the form of zinc sulfide nanocrystals affected the ligands’ ability ... to the central metal atom ...