Tubulin expression in the developing and adult gerbil organ of Corti

Hearing Research

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-41

  Hallworth, Richard ^a   McCoy, Melissa ^b,c   Polan Curtain, Jodie ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b Northside Independent School District   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Deiters cell; Development; Hair cell; Microtubule; Organ of Corti; Pillar cell; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DEVELOPMENT; GERBIL; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GERBILLINAE; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; ORGAN OF CORTI; TUBULIN;

EID: 0033991206     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00165-3     Document Type: Article

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