CGC Bibliography Paper 5507

Closing in on a mammalian touch receptor.

Driscoll M, Tavernarakis N

Medline:

Citation:

Nature Neuroscience 3: 1232-1234 2002

Type:

REVIEW

Genes:

mec-4 mec-10 unc-8

Abstract:

A recent Nature paper on mice lacking the Na+ channel BNC1 shows that this channel is essential for neuronal touch receptor function and may be part of a mechanosensory complex.