Nanoscale organization of the MEC-4 DEG/ENaC sensory mechanotransduction channel in Caenorhabditis elegans touch receptor neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 51, 2007, Pages 14089-14098

  Cueva, Juan G ^a   Mulholland, Atticus ^a   Goodman, Miriam B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cytoskeleton; ENaC (epithelial sodium channels); Mechanosensory; Somatosensory; Transduction

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEC 10; PROTEIN MEC 2; PROTEIN MEC 4; PROTEIN MEC 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DEGENERIN PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; MEC 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEC-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHANNEL GATING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROTUBULE; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TOUCH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SODIUM CHANNELS; TOUCH;

EID: 38449107210     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4179-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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