A possible unifying principle for mechanosensation

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7051, 2005, Pages 647-654

  Kung, Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; FUNGI; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

LIGANDS; MECHANOSENSATION; MOLECULAR BASIS; PROTEIN RECEPTORS;

SENSORY AIDS;

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

BIOLOGY;

FORCE TRANSDUCER; HEARING; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID BILAYER; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HEARING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANORECEPTORS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23644451510     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03896     Document Type: Review

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