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Effects of cyclic nucleotides on the function of prestin.
The Journal of physiology - 1 Mar 2005
Deák Levente, Zheng Jing, Orem Alex, Du Guo-Guang, Aguiñaga Salvador, Matsuda Keiji, Dallos Peter
Abstract excerpt
Outer hair cells (OHCs) in the mammalian organ of Corti display electromotility, which is thought to provide the local active mechanical amplification of the cochlear response. Prestin is the key molecule responsible for OHC electromotility. Several compounds, including cGMP, have been shown to influence OHC electromotility. There are two potential cAMP/cGMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation sites on...
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