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ArticleeLife2021

The push-to-open mechanism of the tethered mechanosensitive ion channel NompC.

Yang Wang, Yifeng Guo, Guanluan Li, Chunhong Liu, Lei Wang, Aihua Zhang, Zhiqiang Yan, Chen Song

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yang Wang *Center for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5504-9800
Yifeng Guo *State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institute of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Guanluan LiState Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institute of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chunhong LiuCenter for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3666-2343
Lei WangCenter for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Aihua ZhangCenter for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Zhiqiang YanState Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institute of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chen SongCenter for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9730-3216
Peking University · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NompC is a mechanosensitive ion channel responsible for the sensation of touch and balance in

Indexed as

AnimalsAnkyrin RepeatCell LineDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsHydrogen BondingMolecular Dynamics SimulationTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsDrosophila ProteinsNOMPC protein, DrosophilaTransient Receptor Potential Channelscomputational biologyD. melanogasterelectrophysiologygatingmechanosensitive ion channelmolecular biophysicsmolecular dynamicsNompCstructural biologysystems biology

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PMID34101577
PMCPMC8186909
OpenAlexW3169187894

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