Stereocilia defects in the sensory hair cells of the inner ear in mice deficient in integrin α8β1

Nature Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 424-428

  Evans, Amanda Littlewood ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEREOCILIUM; VESTIBULE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL COUNT; CILIA; EAR, INNER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 1; FOCAL ADHESION PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; HAIR CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; MYOSINS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SENSATION DISORDERS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0343673941     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74286     Document Type: Article

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