Insect mechanoreception: what a long, strange TRP it's been

Curr Biol. 2000 May 18;10(10):R384-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00478-4.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism*
  • Drosophila / physiology*
  • Drosophila Proteins*
  • Insect Proteins / metabolism*
  • Ion Channel Gating
  • Ion Channels / metabolism
  • Mechanoreceptors / physiology*
  • Transient Receptor Potential Channels

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Insect Proteins
  • Ion Channels
  • NOMPC protein, Drosophila
  • Transient Receptor Potential Channels
  • trp protein, Drosophila