Live-cell imaging of actin dynamics reveals mechanisms of stereocilia length regulation in the inner ear

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Drummond, Meghan C ^a   Barzik, Melanie ^a   Bird, Jonathan E ^a   Zhang, Duan Sun ^b   Lechene, Claude P ^c   Corey, David P ^b   Cunningham, Lisa L ^a   Friedman, Thomas B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; F ACTIN; MONOMER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEUCINE;

HEARING; HOMEOSTASIS; MUSCLE; PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING; INNER EAR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEREOCILIUM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EAR, INNER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; STAINING AND LABELING; STEREOCILIA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84928392589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7873     Document Type: Article

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