Article
The Notch ligand Jagged1 is required for inner ear sensory development.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Mar 2001
Kiernan A E, Ahituv N, Fuchs H, Balling R, Avraham K B, Steel K P, Hrabé de Angelis M
Abstract excerpt
Within the mammalian inner ear there are six separate sensory regions that subserve the functions of hearing and balance, although how these sensory regions become specified remains unknown. Each sensory region is populated by two cell types, the mechanosensory hair cell and the supporting cell, which are arranged in a mosaic in which each hair cell is surrounded by supporting cells. The proposed mechanism for...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes
- Ear, Inner
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Jagged-1 Protein
