SummaryTwo new studies show that the Drosophila transient receptor potential (TRP) family member NOMPC forms both a mechanically gated ion channel and a fine filament that, by tethering the protein to microtubules, might act as a gating spring
SummaryThe idea that the NompC TRPN1 channel is the Drosophila transducer for hearing has been chall...
Summary: At the cellular level, α-tubulin acetylation alters the structure of microtubules to render...
Mechanotransduction, the conversion of physical forces into biochemical signals, is essential for va...
SummaryHow metazoan mechanotransduction channels sense mechanical stimuli is not well understood. Th...
Mechanosensory transduction for senses such as proprioception, touch, balance, acceleration, hearing...
How metazoan mechanotransduction channels sense mechanical stimuli is not well understood. The NOMPC...
AbstractInsect bristles are model mechanosensory organs. An ion channel of the TRP superfamily has r...
SummaryBackgroundMechanoreceptors contain compliant elements, termed “gating springs,” that transfer...
Touch sensation is essential for behaviours ranging from environmental exploration to social interac...
In mechanotransduction, sensory receptors convert force into electrical signals to mediate such dive...
Our senses of touch and hearing are dependent on the conversion of external mechanical forces into e...
AbstractThe cloning of genes needed for gentle-touch sensitivity in the nematode Caenorhabditis eleg...
Cells respond to a wide variety of mechanical stimuli, ranging from thermal molecular agitation to p...
AbstractIn touch receptor cells of the nematode, two channel subunits of the DEG/ENaC family have lo...
BACKGROUND: A TRPN channel protein is essential for sensory transduction in insect mechanosensory ne...
SummaryThe idea that the NompC TRPN1 channel is the Drosophila transducer for hearing has been chall...
Summary: At the cellular level, α-tubulin acetylation alters the structure of microtubules to render...
Mechanotransduction, the conversion of physical forces into biochemical signals, is essential for va...
SummaryHow metazoan mechanotransduction channels sense mechanical stimuli is not well understood. Th...
Mechanosensory transduction for senses such as proprioception, touch, balance, acceleration, hearing...
How metazoan mechanotransduction channels sense mechanical stimuli is not well understood. The NOMPC...
AbstractInsect bristles are model mechanosensory organs. An ion channel of the TRP superfamily has r...
SummaryBackgroundMechanoreceptors contain compliant elements, termed “gating springs,” that transfer...
Touch sensation is essential for behaviours ranging from environmental exploration to social interac...
In mechanotransduction, sensory receptors convert force into electrical signals to mediate such dive...
Our senses of touch and hearing are dependent on the conversion of external mechanical forces into e...
AbstractThe cloning of genes needed for gentle-touch sensitivity in the nematode Caenorhabditis eleg...
Cells respond to a wide variety of mechanical stimuli, ranging from thermal molecular agitation to p...
AbstractIn touch receptor cells of the nematode, two channel subunits of the DEG/ENaC family have lo...
BACKGROUND: A TRPN channel protein is essential for sensory transduction in insect mechanosensory ne...
SummaryThe idea that the NompC TRPN1 channel is the Drosophila transducer for hearing has been chall...
Summary: At the cellular level, α-tubulin acetylation alters the structure of microtubules to render...
Mechanotransduction, the conversion of physical forces into biochemical signals, is essential for va...