Targeted connexin26 ablation arrests postnatal development of the organ of Corti

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Wang, Yunfeng ^a,b   Chang, Qing ^a   Tang, Wenxue ^a   Sun, Yu ^a   Zhou, Binfei ^a   Li, Huawei ^b   Lin, Xi ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell degeneration; Cochlear development; Connexin26 mutation; Genetic deafness; Hair cells; Mechanism of deafness; Mouse models; Spiral ganglion neuron

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; EMBRYO; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPIRAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXINS; GENE TARGETING; HEARING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN OF CORTI; ORGANOGENESIS;

CLAUDIUS; MUS;

EID: 67349148585     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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