Mechanotransduction in Caenorhabditis elegans: The role of DEG/ENaC ion channels

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-18

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

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Degenerin; Epithelial sodium channel; Mechanosensation; Neurodegeneration; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; FERTILIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035753542     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/cbb:35:1:01     Document Type: Review

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