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Mechanosensitive Channels: In Touch with Piezo

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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 21, Pages R936-R938

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.09.053

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  1. NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM078276, R01 GM078276-05] Funding Source: Medline

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Mechanosensory transduction underlies touch, hearing and proprioception and requires mechanosensitive channels that are directly gated by forces; however, the molecular identities of these channels remain largely elusive. A new study has identified Piezo1 and Piezo2 as a novel class of mechanosensitive channels.

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