Alternative Splice Forms Influence Functions of Whirlin in Mechanosensory Hair Cell Stereocilia

Cell Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 935-943

  Ebrahim, Seham ^a   Ingham, Neil J ^a,b   Lewis, Morag A ^a   Rogers, Michael J C ^c   Cui, Runjia ^d   Kachar, Bechara ^d   Pass, Johanna C ^a,b   Steel, Karen P ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPS8 PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PDZ PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHIRLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WHRN PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEREOCILIUM; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WHRN GENE; ANIMAL; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STEREOCILIA; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84963988160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.081     Document Type: Article

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