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Biophysics

a small capacitive current from movement of charged parts of a voltage-gated channel as it changes conformation before opening.

In biophysics, gating current refers to a small capacitive current from movement of charged parts of a voltage-gated channel as it changes conformation before opening. This meaning comes from Armstrong (1973) in Nature.[1]

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References

Armstrong, C. M., & Bezanilla, F. (1973). Currents Related to Movement of the Gating Particles of the Sodium Channels. Nature, 242(5398), 459-461. https://doi.org/10.1038/242459a0

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