Drosophila NOMPC is a mechanotransduction channel subunit for gentle-touch sensation

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

(2012) Bertrand Coste et al.   NATURE

The role of Drosophila Piezo in mechanical nociception

(2012) Sung Eun Kim et al.   NATURE

How We Feel: Ion Channel Partnerships that Detect Mechanical Inputs and Give Rise to Touch and Pain Perception

(2012) Shana L. Geffeney et al.   NEURON

The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

(2011) Lishi Li et al.   CELL

NompC TRP Channel Is Essential for Drosophila Sound Receptor Function

(2011) Thomas Effertz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Neuronal remodeling and apoptosis require VCP-dependent degradation of the apoptosis inhibitor DIAP1

(2011) S. Rumpf et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Molecular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory neurons

(2011) Patrick Delmas et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Eukaryotic Mechanosensitive Channels

(2010) Jóhanna Árnadóttir et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Pickpocket Is a DEG/ENaC Protein Required for Mechanical Nociception in Drosophila Larvae

(2010) Lixian Zhong et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

NOMPC, a member of the TRP channel family, localizes to the tubular body and distal cilium of Drosophila campaniform and chordotonal receptor cells

(2010) Xin Liang et al.   Cytoskeleton

The cell biology of touch

(2010) Ellen A. Lumpkin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Light-avoidance-mediating photoreceptors tile the Drosophila larval body wall

(2010) Yang Xiang et al.   NATURE

C. elegans TRP Family Protein TRP-4 Is a Pore-Forming Subunit of a Native Mechanotransduction Channel

(2010) Lijun Kang et al.   NEURON

The Role of the TRP Channel NompC in Drosophila Larval and Adult Locomotion

(2010) Li E. Cheng et al.   NEURON

Drosophila TRPN( = NOMPC) Channel Localizes to the Distal End of Mechanosensory Cilia

(2010) Jeongmi Lee et al.   PLoS One

Distinct sensory representations of wind and near-field sound in the Drosophila brain

(2009) Suzuko Yorozu et al.   NATURE

The neural basis of Drosophila gravity-sensing and hearing

(2009) Azusa Kamikouchi et al.   NATURE