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Expression of the carrier protein apolipoprotein D in the mouse inner ear.
Hearing research - 1 Feb 2005
Hildebrand Michael S, de Silva Michelle G, Klockars Tuomas, Solares C Arturo, Hirose Keiko, Smith Jonathan D, Patel Shutish C, Dahl Hans-Henrik M
Abstract excerpt
The cochlear portion of the inner ear converts movements produced by sound waves into electrical impulses. Transcripts enriched in the cochlea are likely to have an important role in hearing. In this paper, we report that microarray analyses of the Soares NMIE inner ear library revealed cochlear enriched expression of apolipoprotein D (apoD), a glycoprotein and member of the lipocalin family that transport small...
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