The otoconia of the guinea pig utricle: Internal structure, surface exposure, and interactions with the filament matrix

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-78

  Lins, Ulysses ^a,b   Farina, Marcos ^b   Kurc, Maurício ^a   Riordan, Gavin ^a   Thalmann, Ruediger ^c   Thalmann, Isolde ^c   Kachar, Bechara ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Mechanosensory transduction; Otoconia; Otoconial membrane; Otolithic membrane; Otoliths; Utricle; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FREEZE ETCHING; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033821782     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4260     Document Type: Article

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