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A channelopathy mechanism revealed by direct calmodulin activation of TrpV4.

scientific article published on 13 July 2015

A competing hydrophobic tug on L596 to the membrane core unlatches S4-S5 linker elbow from TRP helix and allows TRPV4 channel to open

scientific article published on 03 October 2016

A genome-wide survey suggests an osmoprotective role for vacuolar Ca2+ release in cell wall-compromised yeast

scientific article

A possible unifying principle for mechanosensation

scientific article

An exchanger-like protein underlies the large Mg2+ current in Paramecium

scientific article

Calmodulin as an ion channel subunit

scientific article

Channels in microbes: so many holes to fill

scientific article published in July 2004

DNA microinjection into the macronucleus of paramecium

scientific article published in January 2010

Feeling the hidden mechanical forces in lipid bilayer is an original sense

scientific article (publication date: 3 June 2014)

Forward genetic analysis reveals multiple gating mechanisms of TRPV4

scientific article

Gain-of-function mutations indicate that Escherichia coli Kch forms a functional K+ conduit in vivo

scientific article

Gating the bacterial mechanosensitive channel MscL invivo.

scientific article

Genie Mutants with altered system of excitation in Paramecium aurelia

scientific article published in 1971

Heterologously expressed fungal transient receptor potential channels retain mechanosensitivity in vitro and osmotic response in vivo

scientific article published on 12 February 2005

Human mutations highlight an intersubunit cation-π bond that stabilizes the closed but not open or inactivated states of TRPV channels

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

Hypotonic shocks activate rat TRPV4 in yeast in the absence of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

scientific article published on 25 January 2009

Immunocytochemistry of Paramecium cytoskeletal structures

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Increased basal activity is a key determinant in the severity of human skeletal dysplasia caused by TRPV4 mutations

scientific article

Indole and other aromatic compounds activate the yeast TRPY1 channel.

scientific article published on 7 April 2008

Ion channels in microbes

scientific article published on October 2008

L596-W733 bond between the start of the S4-S5 linker and the TRP box stabilizes the closed state of TRPV4 channel

scientific article

Lipid perturbations sensitize osmotic down-shock activated Ca2+ influx, a yeast "deletome" analysis

scientific article published on 21 February 2007

Maintaining clonal Paramecium tetraurelia cell lines of controlled age through daily reisolation.

scientific article

Mass culture of Paramecium tetraurelia

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Mechanical force and cytoplasmic Ca(2+) activate yeast TRPY1 in parallel

scientific article published on 14 February 2009

Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Cardiovascular Physiology

scientific article published on 29 October 2014

Mechanosensitive channels in microbes

scientific article

Microbial K+ channels

scientific article (publication date: June 2005)

Microbial mechanosensation

scientific article

Multiple unbiased prospective screens identify TRP channels and their conserved gating elements

scientific article published on November 2008

PAK paradox: Paramecium appears to have more K(+)-channel genes than humans

scientific article

Paramecium tetraurelia: the renaissance of an early unicellular model

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Patch clamp and phenotypic analyses of a prokaryotic cyclic nucleotide-gated K+ channel using Escherichia coli as a host

scientific article

Prokaryotic K(+) channels: from crystal structures to diversity

scientific article

Silencing specific Paramecium tetraurelia genes by feeding double-stranded RNA

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Stiffened lipid platforms at molecular force foci

scientific article published on 8 March 2013

The core domain as the force sensor of the yeast mechanosensitive TRP channel.

scientific article published on December 2011

The force-from-lipid (FFL) principle of mechanosensitivity, at large and in elements

scientific article published on 03 June 2014

The force-from-lipid principle and its origin, a ‘<i>what is true for E. coli is true for the elephant’</i> refrain

scientific article published in 2022

The transient receptor potential channel on the yeast vacuole is mechanosensitive

scientific article

The use of yeast to understand TRP-channel mechanosensitivity

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

Wild-type and brachyolmia-causing mutant TRPV4 channels respond directly to stretch force

scientific article

Yeast gain-of-function mutations reveal structure-function relationships conserved among different subfamilies of transient receptor potential channels

scholarly article

Yeast luminometric and Xenopus oocyte electrophysiological examinations of the molecular mechanosensitivity of TRPV4.

scientific article published on 31 December 2013

Yeast screens show aromatic residues at the end of the sixth helix anchor transient receptor potential channel gate

scholarly article