ionophore

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Lasolodic is an ionophore, a class of additives commonly fed to cattle to improve feed efficiency and promote growth.

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  1. noun Any of a group of organic compounds that facilitate the transport of ions across the cell membrane.

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  • The effect of equol on platelet aggregation was investigated with ADP, U46619 (a TxA2 mimic) and the calcium ionophore A23187. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • When stimulated with progesterone or A23187 (a calcium ionophore), sperm from these animals had a defective acrosome reaction. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Acrosome reaction experiments indicate that the basic problem in sperm from hyh mice is a reduced capacity to undergo exocytosis upon stimulation with progesterone and even with a calcium ionophore. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Apart from glutamate, the calcium ionophore ionomycin was able to induce ER fission. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Third, we found that the calcium ionophore ionomycin caused ER fission but that, even in this case, ER fission required NMDA receptor activation. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
 

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