Tag: selectivity filters

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, active transport, aquaporins, cell membrane, concentration gradient, death, disease, entropy, ion channels, life, Maxwell’s demon, natural forces, Nobel Prize, non-life, osmosis, PNAS, potassium channels, Roderick MacKinnon, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selectivity filters, sodium channels, unnatural selection}

Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible

_{David Coppedge
March 20, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols. Read More ›

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Date
April 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, conformational changes, copper, ions, iron, Maxwell’s demon, metabolism, molecular biologists, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, PNAS, potassium, proteins, Roderick MacKinnon, Science Advances, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selectivity filters, sodium, transport}

Security Gates in the Cell

_{Science and Culture
April 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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A key characteristic of life is active transport: control over what enters and exits the cell. Closer looks reveal exquisite “selectivity filters” with moving parts that make active transport work. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, C. elegans, calcium, cells, concentration gradient, Disney World, Douglas Axe, genetic code, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, intelligent design, ions, manganese, membrane channels, metabolism, mitochondrial membranes, molecular machines, Nature Communications, Parkinson’s disease, PNAS, selectivity filters, Undeniable (book), University of Massachusetts at Amherst}

Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

_{Science and Culture
August 30, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›