Mechanosensitive ion channels: Molecules of mechanotransduction

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2449-2460

  Martinac, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Ion channels Bacteria; Mechanosensitivity; Osmoregulation; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SWELLING; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATCH CLAMP; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3042853029     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01232     Document Type: Article

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