Sensory biology: It takes Piezo2 to Tango

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Vásquez, Valeria ^a   Scherrer, Gregory ^b   Goodman, Miriam B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84902589583     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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