Transmembrane channel-like (TMC) genes are required for auditory and vestibular mechanosensation

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 467, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-94

  Kawashima, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kurima, Kiyoto ^b   Pan, Bifeng ^c   Griffith, Andrew J ^b   Holt, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel; Deafness; Hair cell; Hearing; Mechanoelectrical; Mechanosensory; Mechanotransduction; TMC1; TMC2; Transduction

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULAR HAIR CELL;

ANIMALS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; HEARING; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84939882389     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1582-3     Document Type: Review

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