Ionophores

Ionophores are lipid soluble molecules that increase the permeability of a given ion across a biological membrane. They create a shield over the ion, enabling it to transverse hydrophobic biological membranes.

There are two types of ionophores; mobile ion carriers, which are small molecules that physically shield the ion from the surrounding environment and facilitate its movement across the plasma membrane, and channel-forming ionophores, which create a pore in the biological membrane to allow the ion to pass through. These molecules can act to disrupt transmembrane ion concentrations and often have antibiotic properties.

Literature for Ionophores

Tocris offers the following scientific literature for Ionophores to showcase our products. We invite you to request* your copy today!

*Please note that Tocris will only send literature to established scientific business / institute addresses.

Ion Channel Product Listing

A collection of around 500 products for ion channel research, the listing includes research tools for the study of:

• Ligand-gated ion channels
• Voltage-gated ion channels
• Other Ion Channels

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