Portraits of a pressure sensor

Elife. 2018 Jan 29:7:e34396. doi: 10.7554/eLife.34396.

Abstract

Near atomic-resolution structures have provided insights into the mechanisms by which the Piezo1 ion channel senses and responds to mechanical stimuli.

Keywords: biophysics; cryoEM; human; mechanosensitivity; mouse; neuroscience; piezo ion channels; somatosensation; structural biology; vascular system.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Ion Channels / chemistry*

Substances

  • Ion Channels