The structure of tip links and kinocilial links in avian sensory hair bundles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 4106-4112

  Tsuprun, Vladimir ^a   Goodyear, Richard J ^b   Richardson, Guy P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; EPITOPE; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HAIR; INNER EAR; KINOCILIUM; NONHUMAN; SENSORY SYSTEM; STEREOCILIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AVES;

EID: 10044219860     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.049031     Document Type: Article

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