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Jeff explains what mechanosensitive ion channels are and their role in helping a cell sense forces such as touch. He’s using a genetic approach to understand how a mutation that causes cytoskeletal protein loss can lead to muscle death. Near the end, he shares with us how his interest in marine biology inspired him to study ion channels.

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Key words:

• mechanosensitivity
• ion channel
• muscular dystrophy
• skeletal muscles

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