Piezo’s membrane footprint and its contribution to mechanosensitivity
Piezo1 is an ion channel that gates open when mechanical force is applied to a cell membrane, thus allowing cells to detect and respond to mechanical stimulation. Molecular structures of Piezo1 reveal a large ion channel with an unusually curved shape. This study analyzes how such a curved ion chann...
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| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2018-11-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/41968 |