Stereocilin connects outer hair cell stereocilia to one another and to the tectorial membrane

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-210

  Verpy, Elisabeth ^a,b,c   Leibovici, Michel ^a,b,c,e   Michalski, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Goodyear, Richard J ^d   Houdon, Carine ^a,b,c   Weil, Dominique ^a,b,c   Richardson, Guy P ^d   Petit, Christine ^a,b,c  

^a Institut Pasteur   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Attachment links; Cochlea; Hair bundle cohesiveness; Horizontal top connectors; Inner ear; Organ of Corti

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; STEREOCILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEA; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEREOCILIUM;

ANIMALS; CILIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEINS; TECTORIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 78650229876     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22509     Document Type: Article

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