| Literature DB >> 22842145 |
Thomas Effertz1, Björn Nadrowski, David Piepenbrock, Jörg T Albert, Martin C Göpfert.
Abstract
The elusive transduction channels for hearing are directly gated mechanically by the pull of gating springs. We found that the transient receptor potential (TRP) channel TRPN1 (NOMPC) is essential for this direct gating of Drosophila auditory transduction channels and that the channel-spring complex was disrupted if TRPN1 was lost. Our results identify TRPN1 as a mechanical constituent of the fly's auditory transduction complex that may act as the channel and/or gating spring.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22842145 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3175
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884