Models of Hair Cell Mechanotransduction

Current Topics in Membranes

Volumn 59, Issue , 2007, Pages 399-424

  Bechstedt, Susanne ^a   Howard, Jonathon ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

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EID: 34147155869     PISSN: 10635823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1063-5823(06)59015-5     Document Type: Chapter

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