Specialized cilia in mammalian sensory systems

Cells

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 500-519

  Falk, Nathalie ^a   Lösl, Marlene ^a   Schröder, Nadja ^a   Gießl, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connecting cilium; Inner ear; Intraflagellar transport; Kinocilium; Olfactory epithelium; Primary cilia; Retina

Indexed keywords

CENTROSOME; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CILIATE; COCHLEA; DROSOPHILA; FLAGELLUM; HAIR CELL; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYDACTYLY; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SMELLING;

EID: 85050578150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cells4030500     Document Type: Review

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