Mechanosensation: Touch at the molecular level

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 541-543

  García Añoveros, Jaime ^a   Corey, David P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0030134593     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00537-7     Document Type: Article

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