Closing in on a mammalian touch receptor

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Driscoll, M [1 ]
Tavernarakis, N [1 ]
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[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Mol Biol & Biochem, Nelson Biol Labs A232, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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10.1038/81746
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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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.
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