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Mechanosensitive channels (MSCs),
mechanosensitive ion
channels or stretch-gated ion
channels are
membrane proteins capable of
responding to mechanical...
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Large conductance mechanosensitive ion
channels (MscLs) (TC# 1.A.22) are a
family of pore-forming
membrane proteins that are
responsible for translating...
- even
persist after the
removal of the stimulus. Two
distinct types of
mechanosensitive ion
channels have been
found in the
posterior root
ganglion neurons...
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monovalent and
divalent cations,
including Na+, K+, and Ca2+. The
mechanosensitivity of PIEZO1 is a
defining characteristic. It can be
directly activated...
- activity. The
response integrates diverse molecular components,
including mechanosensitive ion channels, receptor-like kinases, the
cytoskeletal elements, phytohormones...
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ending and
Merkel cell are
independently mechanosensitive. The
Merkel cell
expresses the PIEZO2
mechanosensitive ion channels;
mechanical activation of...
- Kung C (January 2015). "The force-from-lipid (FFL)
principle of
mechanosensitivity, at
large and in elements". Pflügers Archiv. 467 (1): 27–37. doi:10...
- Fowble, Kristen; Dane, A. John; Long,
Michael C. (December 9, 2015). "
Mechanosensitivity Below Ground: Touch-Sensitive Smell-Producing
Roots in the "Shy Plant...
- PIEZO2, a
nonselective cation channel, has been
shown to
underlie the
mechanosensitivity of
proprioceptors in mice.
Humans with loss-of-function mutations...
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Small conductance mechanosensitive ion
channels (MscS)
provide protection against hypo-osmotic
shock in bacteria,
responding both to
stretching of the...
