The roles of unconventional myosins in hearing and deafness

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue , 2000, Pages 159-174

  Libby, Richard T ^a   Steel, Karen P ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN VIIA;

ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DEAFNESS; DYNEIN ATPASE; HEARING; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; MYOSINS;

EID: 0034351423     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bse0350159     Document Type: Article

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