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The C-terminus of prestin influences nonlinear capacitance and plasma membrane targeting.
Journal of cell science - 1 Jul 2005
Zheng Jing, Du Guo-Guang, Matsuda Keiji, Orem Alex, Aguiñaga Sal, Deák Levente, Navarrete Enrique, Madison Laird D, Dallos Peter
Abstract excerpt
Prestin is a unique molecular-motor protein expressed in the lateral plasma membrane of outer hair cells (OHC) in the organ of Corti of the mammalian cochlea. It is thought that prestin undergoes conformational changes driven by the cell's membrane potential. The resulting alterations in OHC-leng...
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