Thermosensation: hot findings make TRPNs very cool

TitleThermosensation: hot findings make TRPNs very cool
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsMontell C
JournalCurr Biol
Volume13
PaginationR476-8
Date Published2003 Jun 17
ISSN0960-9822
KeywordsAnimals, Cold Temperature, Drosophila Proteins, Ion Channels, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Thermosensing, Transient Receptor Potential Channels
Abstract

TRPV and TRPM proteins have been shown to form temperature-responsive cation channels that act in nociception. Recent work on the mouse ANKTM1 and Drosophila Painless proteins shows that members of a third TRP subfamily, TRPN, also function in thermosensation.

Alternate JournalCurr. Biol.
PubMed ID12814565