Structures of usher syndrome 1 proteins and their complexes

Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-42

  Pan, Lifeng ^a   Zhang, Mingjie ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEARING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; USHER SYNDROME; VISION;

ANIMALS; HEARING; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; USHER SYNDROMES; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84863063277     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00037.2011     Document Type: Review

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