Gelsolin plays a role in the actin polymerization complex of hair cell stereocilia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Mburu, Philomena ^a   Romero, María Rosario ^a   Hilton, Helen ^a   Parker, Andrew ^a   Townsend, Stuart ^a   Kikkawa, Yoshiaki ^b   Brown, Steve D M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; GELSOLIN; GLYCOPHORIN C; MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE CYCLASE KINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PDZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN P55; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHIRLIN; ACTIN; GUANYLATE KINASE; MYO15 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HAIR CELL; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEREOCILIUM; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CILIA; GELSOLIN; GUANYLATE KINASE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77955370999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011627     Document Type: Article

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