title: Touch at the molecular level. Mechanosensation.
abstract: The cloning of genes needed for gentle-touch sensitivity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has provided new molecular details about a proposed mechanosensory ion channel complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Wellman 414, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Añoveros
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Corey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D011434:Proprioception / Q000235:genetics*