Genetics of sensory mechanotransduction

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 411-453

  Ernstrom, Glen G ^a   Chalfie, Martin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Hearing; Mechanosensation; Proprioception; Touch

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN DEG; PROTEIN ENAC; PROTEIN TRP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; HEARING; HUMAN; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036953836     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.36.061802.101708     Document Type: Review

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