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Vesicle targeting in hair cells.
Audiology & neuro-otology Jan-Feb, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11914526
Determination of elastic moduli of thin layers of soft material using the atomic force microscope.
Biophysical journal May, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11964265
Rapid renewal of auditory hair bundles.
Nature Aug, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12192399
Role of membrane proteins in permeability barrier function: uroplakin ablation elevates urothelial permeability.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology Dec, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12388410
Mutations in Mcoln3 associated with deafness and pigmentation defects in varitint-waddler (Va) mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Nov, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12403827
Envelope ultrastructure of uncultured naturally occurring magnetotactic cocci.
FEMS microbiology letters Feb, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12594020
Regulation of outer hair cell cytoskeletal stiffness by intracellular Ca2+: underlying mechanism and implications for cochlear mechanics.
Cell calcium Mar, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12600805
Expression of prestin, a membrane motor protein, in the mammalian auditory and vestibular periphery.
Hearing research Oct, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14553901
Localization and functional studies of pendrin in the mouse inner ear provide insight about the etiology of deafness in pendred syndrome.
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO Sep, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14690057
Membrane vesicles in magnetotactic bacteria.
Microbiological research , 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14717452
An actin molecular treadmill and myosins maintain stereocilia functional architecture and self-renewal.
The Journal of cell biology Mar, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15024034
Gene expression profile of the mouse organ of Corti at the onset of hearing.
Genomics Jun, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15177554
Identification of unique transcripts from a mouse full-length, subtracted inner ear cDNA library.
Genomics Jun, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15177555
Deafness in Claudin 11-null mice reveals the critical contribution of basal cell tight junctions to stria vascularis function.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Aug, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15306639
Evidence and implications of inhomogeneity in tectorial membrane elasticity.
Biophysical journal Oct, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15454468
Roles of uroplakins in plaque formation, umbrella cell enlargement, and urinary tract diseases.
The Journal of cell biology Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15611339
When size matters: the dynamic regulation of stereocilia lengths.
Current opinion in cell biology Feb, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15661519
Differential expression of genes within the cochlea as defined by a custom mouse inner ear microarray.
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15735932
A novel bovine virus efficiently transduces inner ear neuroepithelial cells.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy Jun, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15922955
Sustained cadherin 23 expression in young and adult cochlea of normal and hearing-impaired mice.
Hearing research Oct, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16005171
Have we found the tip link, transduction channel, and gating spring of the hair cell?
Current opinion in neurobiology Aug, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16009547
CLAMP, a novel microtubule-associated protein with EB-type calponin homology.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16206169
Balanced levels of Espin are critical for stereociliary growth and length maintenance.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16206170
Differential expression of KCNQ4 in inner hair cells and sensory neurons is the basis of progressive high-frequency hearing loss.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Oct, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16207888
Rapid turnover of stereocilia membrane proteins: evidence from the trafficking and mobility of plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase 2.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16763047
A new compartment at stereocilia tips defined by spatial and temporal patterns of myosin IIIa expression.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Oct, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17021180
Distinct subdomain organization and molecular composition of a tight junction with adherens junction features.
Journal of cell science Dec, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17130295
Deep-etching electron microscopy of cells of Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum: evidence for filamentous structures connecting the magnetosome chain to the cell surface.
Current microbiology Jan, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17171472
Developmental expression of Kcnq4 in vestibular neurons and neurosensory epithelia.
Brain research Mar, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17292869
Roles of alternative splicing in the functional properties of inner ear-specific KCNQ4 channels.
The Journal of biological chemistry Aug, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17561493
Cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 interact to form tip-link filaments in sensory hair cells.
Nature Sep, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17805295
Stepwise morphological and functional maturation of mechanotransduction in rat outer hair cells.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Dec, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 18077701
Dynamic compartmentalization of protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor Q at the proximal end of stereocilia: implication of myosin VI-based transport.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18412156
Dynamic length regulation of sensory stereocilia.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18692583
Protein localization by actin treadmilling and molecular motors regulates stereocilia shape and treadmilling rate.
Biophysical journal Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18936243
A mouse model for nonsyndromic deafness (DFNB12) links hearing loss to defects in tip links of mechanosensory hair cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19270079
The septate junction protein caspr is required for structural support and retention of KCNQ4 at calyceal synapses of vestibular hair cells.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19279247
Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments.
Nature cell biology Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19287378
Harmonin mutations cause mechanotransduction defects in cochlear hair cells.
Neuron May, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19447093
Tip links in hair cells: molecular composition and role in hearing loss.
Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19633555
The mechanotransduction machinery of hair cells.
Science signaling , 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19706872
Changes in plasma membrane structure and electromotile properties in prestin deficient outer hair cells.
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20169529
Retinal parallel processors: more than 100 independent microcircuits operate within a single interneuron.
Neuron Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20346762
SAP102 is a highly mobile MAGUK in spines.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20357126
Regulation of cellular calcium in vestibular supporting cells by otopetrin 1.
Journal of neurophysiology Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20554841
Review series: The cell biology of hearing.
The Journal of cell biology Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20624897
Intermolecular autophosphorylation regulates myosin IIIa activity and localization in parallel actin bundles.
The Journal of biological chemistry Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20826793
Missense mutations in Otopetrin 1 affect subcellular localization and inhibition of purinergic signaling in vestibular supporting cells.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21236346
Regulation of stereocilia length by myosin XVa and whirlin depends on the actin-regulatory protein Eps8.
Current biology : CB Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21236676
A role for actin arcs in the leading-edge advance of migrating cells.
Nature cell biology Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21423177
Regulation of PCDH15 function in mechanosensory hair cells by alternative splicing of the cytoplasmic domain.
Development (Cambridge, England) Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21427143
Differential localization of SAP102 and PSD-95 is revealed in hippocampal spines using super-resolution light microscopy.
Communicative & integrative biology Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21509195
Myosin VIIa and sans localization at stereocilia upper tip-link density implicates these Usher syndrome proteins in mechanotransduction.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Jul, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21709241
Mouse models of MYH9-related disease: mutations in nonmuscle myosin II-A.
Blood Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 21908426
Sharp Ca²⺠nanodomains beneath the ribbon promote highly synchronous multivesicular release at hair cell synapses.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22090491
Bleaching/blinking assisted localization microscopy for superresolution imaging using standard fluorescent molecules.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22167805
Myosin IIIB Uses an Actin-Binding Motif in Its Espin-1 Cargo to Reach the Tips of Actin Protrusions.
Current biology : CB Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22264607
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