Diane Ronan and Peter Gillespie are at the Oregon Hearing Research Center & Vollum Institute, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Pk. Rd. L335A, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA. gillespp@ohsu.edu
In a technical tour de force, whole-cell patch clamp in tiny C. elegans touch receptor neurons in vivo is used to directly record currents in response to mechanical force, providing the first direct evidence that specific proteins are mechanotransducers.
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