Article
Transient receptor potential melastatin 1: a hair cell transduction channel candidate.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Gerka-Stuyt John, Au Adrian, Peachey Neal S, Alagramam Kumar N
Abstract excerpt
Sound and head movements are perceived through sensory hair cells in the inner ear. Mounting evidence indicates that this process is initiated by the opening of mechanically sensitive calcium-permeable channels, also referred to as the mechanoelectrical transducer (MET) channels, reported to be around the tips of all but the tallest stereocilia. However, the identity of MET channel remains elusive. Literature...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
