Role of myosin VI in the differentiation of cochlear hair cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 331-341

  Self, Tim ^a   Sobe, Tama ^b   Copeland, Neal G ^c   Jenkins, Nancy A ^c   Avraham, Karen B ^b   Steel, Karen P ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear hair cells; Genetic deafness; Microvilli; Mouse mutant; Myosin VI; Snell's waltzer; Unconventional myosin

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; HAIR CELL; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STEREOCILIUM;

ANIMALIA; GENETTA;

EID: 0033569707     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9424     Document Type: Article

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