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The Spike Protein As a Pore-Forming Toxin

Mastering Nutrition

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The Control of Substances Across Membranes

The existence of a t p is all membrane dependent. The balances of sodium, potassium and chloride determines whether the neuron is at rest or activated. An impulse activates a neuron by opening a sodium channel and allowing sodium to switch places across the membrane. Conversely, opening a chloride channel is how a neuron is inhibited again, by allowing chloride to flux across the membrane in that particular instance. So for example, imagine the decision to contract a muscle. Throughout your nerve and muscle cells, you have mitochondria making a t p.

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