Worm sensation!

Molecular Pain

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Drew, Liam J ^a   Wood, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DEGENERIN PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; PAINLESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; CHANNEL GATING; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; MAMMAL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WORM; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PAIN; SENSATION; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 30444449318     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-1-8     Document Type: Note

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