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Spectrin βV adaptive mutations and changes in subcellular location correlate with emergence of hair cell electromotility in mammalians.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Feb 2017
Cortese Matteo, Papal Samantha, Pisciottano Francisco, Elgoyhen Ana Belén, Hardelin Jean-Pierre, Petit Christine, Franchini Lucia Florencia, El-Amraoui Aziz
Abstract excerpt
The remarkable hearing capacities of mammals arise from various evolutionary innovations. These include the cochlear outer hair cells and their singular feature, somatic electromotility, i.e., the ability of their cylindrical cell body to shorten and elongate upon cell depolarization and hyperpolarization, respectively. To shed light on the processes underlying the emergence of electromotility, we focused on the...
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