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Function and Dysfunction of TMC Channels in Inner Ear Hair Cells.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine - 1 Oct 2019
Corey David P, Akyuz Nurunisa, Holt Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
The TMC1 channel was identified as a protein essential for hearing in mouse and human, and recognized as one of a family of eight such proteins in mammals. The TMC family is part of a superfamily of seven branches, which includes the TMEM16s. Vertebrate hair cells express both TMC1 and TMC2. They are located at the tips of stereocilia and are required for hair cell mechanotransduction. TMC1 assembles as a dimer...
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