PIEZO1 protein (1) (IMAGE)

Scripps Research Institute

PIEZO1 protein (1)

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Structural models of the three-bladed PIEZO1 protein, a sensory ion channel that is critical to many physiological processes in humans and other animals.

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Eric Mulhall, Scripps Research

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