Piezo proteins form a new class of mechanically activated ion channels;Les protéines Piezo forment une nouvelle famille de canaux ioniques activés mécaniquement

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1056-1057

  Coste, Bertrand ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PIEZO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PIEZO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHANNEL GATING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSECT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INSECTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 84871834602     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: 19585381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20122812012     Document Type: Short Survey

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