Ultrastructural organization of proteoglycans and fibrillar matrix of the tectorial membrane

Hearing Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-118

  Tsuprun, Vladimir ^a   Santi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Proteoglycan; Tectorial membrane; Thin fibril; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; COCHLEA DUCT; FIBER; HAIR CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; COLLAGEN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOFIBRILS; PROTEOGLYCANS; TECTORIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030757333     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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