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Drosophila NOMPC is a mechanotransduction channel subunit for gentle-touch sensation

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  • Zhiqiang Yan

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • Wei Zhang

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • Ye He

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • David Gorczyca

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • Yang Xiang

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • Li E. Cheng

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • Shan Meltzer

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • Lily Yeh Jan

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

  • Yuh Nung Jan

    (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA)

Abstract

Mechanotransduction channels studied to date are mainly involved with sensing noxious mechanical stimuli; here NOMPC, a member of the TRP ion channel family, is identified as a pore-forming subunit of an ion channel essential to the sensation of gentle touch in Drosophila.

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  • Zhiqiang Yan & Wei Zhang & Ye He & David Gorczyca & Yang Xiang & Li E. Cheng & Shan Meltzer & Lily Yeh Jan & Yuh Nung Jan, 2013. "Drosophila NOMPC is a mechanotransduction channel subunit for gentle-touch sensation," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7431), pages 221-225, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7431:d:10.1038_nature11685
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11685
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