Duggan, A., Garcia-Anoveros, J., Corey, D.P. (2000). Insect mechanoreception: what a long, strange TRP it's been. Curr. Biol. 10(10): R384--R387.
FlyBase ID
FBrf0128833
Publication Type
Review
Abstract
Insect bristles are model mechanosensory organs. An ion channel of the TRP superfamily has recently been identified which is required for production of mechanoreceptor currents by insect bristles, and seems likely to represent a new kind of mechanically gated channel.
