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Deficient forward transduction and enhanced reverse transduction in the alpha tectorin C1509G human hearing loss mutation.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Jan 2000
Xia Anping, Gao Simon S, Yuan Tao, Osborn Alexander, Bress Andreas, Pfister Markus, Maricich Stephen M, Pereira Fred A, Oghalai John S
Abstract excerpt
Most forms of hearing loss are associated with loss of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs). OHCs require the tectorial membrane (TM) for stereociliary bundle stimulation (forward transduction) and active feedback (reverse transduction). Alpha tectorin is a protein constituent of the TM and the C1509G mutation in alpha tectorin in humans results in autosomal dominant hearing loss. We engineered and validated this...
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