Contractility in type III cochlear fibrocytes is dependent on non-muscle myosin II and intercellular gap junctional coupling

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-484

  Kelly, John J ^a   Forge, Andrew ^a   Jagger, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Aquaporin; Basilar membrane; Connexin; Myosin; Stria vascularis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AQUAPORIN 1; BLEBBISTATIN; CONNEXIN 43; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MYOSIN II; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; COCHLEA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; COUPLING FACTOR; FIBROCYTE; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCHLEA; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; SPIRAL LIGAMENT OF COCHLEA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84865455412     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-012-0322-7     Document Type: Article

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