The mammalian sodium channel BNC1 is required for normal touch sensation

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6807, 2000, Pages 1007-1011

  Price, Margaret P ^a   Lewin, Gary R ^a   McIlwrath, Sabrina L ^b   Cheng, Chun ^a   Xie, Jinghui ^a   Heppenstall, Paul A ^a   Stucky, Cheryl L ^a   Mannsfeldt, Anne G ^a   Brennan, Timothy J ^b   Drummond, Heather A ^a   Qiao, Jing ^a   Benson, Christopher J ^a   Tarr, Deirdre E ^a   Hrstka, Ron F ^b   Yang, Baoli ^b   Williamson, Roger A ^b   Welsh, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ION TRANSPORT; MECHANORECEPTOR; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE TARGETING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNELS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TOUCH;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034718899     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35039512     Document Type: Article

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