Hair bundles of sea anemones as a model system for vertebrate hair bundles

Hearing Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-66

  Watson, Glen M ^a   Mire, Patricia ^a   Hudson, Renee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiloride; Hair bundle; Sea anemone; Streptomycin; Tip link

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAIR CELL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALCIUM; CILIA; HAIR CELLS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEA ANEMONES; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0030976485     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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