The role of DEG/ENaC ion channels in sensory mechanotransduction

Molecular Sensors for Cardiovascular Homeostasis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-31

  Bazopoulou, Dafni ^a   Voglis, Giannis ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

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