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Myosin VI and VIIa distribution among inner ear epithelia in diverse fishes.
Hearing research - 1 Feb 2007
Coffin Allison B, Dabdoub Alain, Kelley Matthew W, Popper Arthur N
Abstract excerpt
Unconventional myosins are critical motor proteins in the vertebrate inner ear. Mutations in any one of at least six different myosins can lead to human hereditary deafness, but the precise functions of these proteins in the ear are unknown. This study uses a comparative approach to better understand the role of myosins VI and VIIa in vertebrate ears by examining protein distribution for these two myosins in the...
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