Sensing with TRP channels |
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Authors: | Voets Thomas Talavera Karel Owsianik Grzegorz Nilius Bernd |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Physiology, Campus Gasthuisberg O&N, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Thomas.voets@med.kuleuven.ac.be |
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Abstract: | Drosophila melanogaster flies carrying the trp (transient receptor potential) mutation are rapidly blinded by bright light, because of the absence of a Ca2+-permeable ion channel in their photoreceptors. The identification of the trp gene and the search for homologs in yeast, flies, worms, zebrafish and mammals has led to the discovery of a large superfamily of related cation channels, named TRP channels. Activation of TRP channels is highly sensitive to a variety of chemical and physical stimuli, allowing them to function as dedicated biological sensors that are essential in processes such as vision, taste, tactile sensation and hearing. |
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