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Insect mechanoreception: what a long, strange TRP it's been.

Current biology : CB ·Vol. 10 ·No. 10 ·2000-05-18 ·Pages R384-7

Duggan A, García-Añoveros J, Corey DP

Abstract

Insect bristles are model mechanosensory organs. An ion channel of the TRP superfamily has recently been identified which is required for production of mechanoreceptor currents by insect bristles, and seems likely to represent a new kind of mechanically gated channel.

MeSH Terms
Animals Calcium Channels/metabolism Drosophila/physiology Drosophila Proteins Insect Proteins/metabolism Ion Channel Gating Ion Channels/metabolism Mechanoreceptors/physiology Transient Receptor Potential Channels
Chemicals
Calcium Channels Drosophila Proteins Insect Proteins Ion Channels NOMPC protein, Drosophila Transient Receptor Potential Channels trp protein, Drosophila
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Duggan A
Department of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
García-Añoveros J
Corey D P
Article Info
Journal
Current biology : CB
Abbr.
Curr Biol
ISSN
0960-9822
DOI
10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00478-4
Published
2000-05-18
Pages
R384-7
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
9107782
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00478-4 View journal details
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