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Visualization of the mechanosensitive ion channel MscS under membrane tension

Yixiao Zhang, Csaba Daday, Ruo‐Xu Gu, Charles D. Cox, Boris Martinac, Bert L. de Groot, Thomas Walz

2021Nature144 citationsDOI

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Mechanosensitive channelsMechanosensationIon channelMembraneBiophysicsLipid bilayerChemistryTension (geology)MechanotransductionMechanobiologyCell biologyMaterials scienceBiochemistryBiologyUltimate tensile strengthReceptorMetallurgyLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorErythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyForce Microscopy Techniques and Applications