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Establishment and characterization of rat progenitor hair cell lines.
Hearing research - 1 May 2003
Ozeki Masashi, Duan Lijie, Hamajima Yuki, Obritch Wesley, Edson-Herzovi Diana, Lin Jizhen
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Cochlear progenitor hair cell lines are useful for studies of cellular specification, gene expression features, and signal transduction involved in the development of hair cells. To obtain embryonic and postnatal cochlear progenitor hair cell lines, we immortalized primary cultures of sensorineural epithelial cells from otocysts on embryonic day 12 (E12) and explants of the organ of Corti tissues on postnatal day...
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