Degenerins: At the core of the metazoan mechanotransducer?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 940, Issue , 2001, Pages 28-41

  Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a,b   Driscoll, Monica ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Degenerin; ENaC; Ion channel; Mechanosensation; Neurodegeneration; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERIN; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEMATODE; NOCICEPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM ABSORPTION; TOUCH;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034937612     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03664.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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