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Piezo-Type Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Component 1
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (2521 aa, ~287 kDa) is encoded by the human PIEZO1 gene. This protein plays a role in detection of mechanical stimuli. (NCI Thesaurus)
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