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  • Hydrogen cyanide
    Hydrogen cyanide
    Hydrogen cyanide is a chemical compound with chemical formula HCN. A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water is called hydrocyanic acid. Hydrogen cyanide is a colorless, extremely poisonous, and highly volatile liquid that boils slightly above room temperature at 26 °C...

    , which has the chemical formula HCN
  • Highly composite number
    Highly composite number
    A highly composite number is a positive integer with more divisors than any smaller positive integer....

    , a type of integer
  • Headcorn railway station
    Headcorn railway station
    Headcorn is a railway station on the South Eastern Main Line serving the village of Headcorn in Kent. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern...

    , that has British National Rail code HCN
  • Halcyonair, ICAO code HCN
  • the IATA airport code of Hengchun Airport
    Hengchun Airport
    Hengchun Airport is an airport in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The airport is near Kenting National Park and is the southern-most airport in Taiwan.Due to its location, the airport often experiences strong Katabatic wind and is forced to close...

  • HCN channel
    HCN channel
    Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated channels are proteins that serve as ion channels across the plasma membrane of heart and brain cells. HCN channels are sometimes referred to as “pacemaker channels” because they help to generate rhythmic activity within groups of heart and brain...

    , a type of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated channels
  • Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel
    Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel
    A cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel is any ion channel that opens in the presence of cyclic nucleotides.-Mechanism:The channels are gated by a chemical ligand , but they are more similar in structure to the family of voltage-gated ion channels than to the ligand gated ones...

    , the type of molecule that mediates the h-current in neurons