Hypothesis: a helix of ankyrin repeats of the NOMPC-TRP ion channel is the gating spring of mechanoreceptors

Curr Biol. 2004 Mar 23;14(6):R224-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.02.050.
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MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ankyrin Repeat / physiology*
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism*
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • Drosophila
  • Drosophila Proteins / metabolism*
  • Ion Channel Gating / physiology*
  • Ion Channels / metabolism*
  • Mechanoreceptors / metabolism*
  • Mechanoreceptors / physiology
  • Protein Structure, Secondary / physiology
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary / physiology
  • Transient Receptor Potential Channels

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Ion Channels
  • NOMPC protein, Drosophila
  • Transient Receptor Potential Channels
  • trp protein, Drosophila