title: Hypothesis: a helix of ankyrin repeats of the NOMPC-TRP ion channel is the gating spring of mechanoreceptors.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany. howard@mpi-cbg.de
authors.forename: Jonathon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bechstedt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017089:Ankyrin Repeat / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D004330:Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary / Q000502:physiology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D050051:Transient Receptor Potential Channels
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; C405783:NOMPC protein, Drosophila; D050051:Transient Receptor Potential Channels; C063169:trp protein, Drosophila