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Review
. 2000 May 18;10(10):R384-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00478-4.

Insect mechanoreception: what a long, strange TRP it's been

A Duggan  1 , J García-Añoveros, D P Corey
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Insect mechanoreception: what a long, strange TRP it's been

A Duggan et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Insect bristles are model mechanosensory organs. An ion channel of the TRP superfamily has recently been identified which is required for production of mechanoreceptor currents by insect bristles, and seems likely to represent a new kind of mechanically gated channel.

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