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Mutations in cadherin 23 affect tip links in zebrafish sensory hair cells.
Nature - 29 Apr 2004
Söllner Christian, Rauch Gerd-Jörg, Siemens Jan, Geisler Robert, Schuster Stephan C, Müller Ulrich, Nicolson Teresa
Abstract excerpt
Hair cells have highly organized bundles of apical projections, or stereocilia, that are deflected by sound and movement. Displacement of stereocilia stretches linkages at the tips of stereocilia that are thought to gate mechanosensory channels. To identify the molecular machinery that mediates mechanotransduction in hair cells, zebrafish mutants were identified with defects in balance and hearing. In sputnik...
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