C elegans MEC-9 protein

needed for mechanosensation; extracellular protein with mutiple EGF-like repeats and Kunitz serpin domains; mec-9 produces two transcripts, the larger of which is expressed in the touch cells and two PVD neurons; also has serine protease inhibitor activity; amino acid sequence given in first source; GenBank U33933-4

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