Genetics of auditory mechano-electrical transduction

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 467, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-72

  Michalski, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Petit, Christine ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

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

Author keywords

Cochlea; Hair bundle; Hair cell; Mechano electrical transduction; Neurogenetics

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PRESSURE;

EID: 84939894405     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1552-9     Document Type: Review

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