Bechara Kachar

Vesicle targeting in hair cells.

Determination of elastic moduli of thin layers of soft material using the atomic force microscope.

Rapid renewal of auditory hair bundles.

Role of membrane proteins in permeability barrier function: uroplakin ablation elevates urothelial permeability.

Mutations in Mcoln3 associated with deafness and pigmentation defects in varitint-waddler (Va) mice.

Envelope ultrastructure of uncultured naturally occurring magnetotactic cocci.

Regulation of outer hair cell cytoskeletal stiffness by intracellular Ca2+: underlying mechanism and implications for cochlear mechanics.

Expression of prestin, a membrane motor protein, in the mammalian auditory and vestibular periphery.

Localization and functional studies of pendrin in the mouse inner ear provide insight about the etiology of deafness in pendred syndrome.

Membrane vesicles in magnetotactic bacteria.

An actin molecular treadmill and myosins maintain stereocilia functional architecture and self-renewal.

Gene expression profile of the mouse organ of Corti at the onset of hearing.

Identification of unique transcripts from a mouse full-length, subtracted inner ear cDNA library.

Deafness in Claudin 11-null mice reveals the critical contribution of basal cell tight junctions to stria vascularis function.

Evidence and implications of inhomogeneity in tectorial membrane elasticity.

Roles of uroplakins in plaque formation, umbrella cell enlargement, and urinary tract diseases.

When size matters: the dynamic regulation of stereocilia lengths.

Differential expression of genes within the cochlea as defined by a custom mouse inner ear microarray.

A novel bovine virus efficiently transduces inner ear neuroepithelial cells.

Sustained cadherin 23 expression in young and adult cochlea of normal and hearing-impaired mice.

Have we found the tip link, transduction channel, and gating spring of the hair cell?

CLAMP, a novel microtubule-associated protein with EB-type calponin homology.

Balanced levels of Espin are critical for stereociliary growth and length maintenance.

Differential expression of KCNQ4 in inner hair cells and sensory neurons is the basis of progressive high-frequency hearing loss.

Rapid turnover of stereocilia membrane proteins: evidence from the trafficking and mobility of plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase 2.

A new compartment at stereocilia tips defined by spatial and temporal patterns of myosin IIIa expression.

Distinct subdomain organization and molecular composition of a tight junction with adherens junction features.

Deep-etching electron microscopy of cells of Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum: evidence for filamentous structures connecting the magnetosome chain to the cell surface.

Developmental expression of Kcnq4 in vestibular neurons and neurosensory epithelia.

Roles of alternative splicing in the functional properties of inner ear-specific KCNQ4 channels.

Cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 interact to form tip-link filaments in sensory hair cells.

Stepwise morphological and functional maturation of mechanotransduction in rat outer hair cells.

Dynamic compartmentalization of protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor Q at the proximal end of stereocilia: implication of myosin VI-based transport.

Dynamic length regulation of sensory stereocilia.

Protein localization by actin treadmilling and molecular motors regulates stereocilia shape and treadmilling rate.

A mouse model for nonsyndromic deafness (DFNB12) links hearing loss to defects in tip links of mechanosensory hair cells.

The septate junction protein caspr is required for structural support and retention of KCNQ4 at calyceal synapses of vestibular hair cells.

Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments.

Harmonin mutations cause mechanotransduction defects in cochlear hair cells.

Tip links in hair cells: molecular composition and role in hearing loss.

The mechanotransduction machinery of hair cells.

Changes in plasma membrane structure and electromotile properties in prestin deficient outer hair cells.

Retinal parallel processors: more than 100 independent microcircuits operate within a single interneuron.

SAP102 is a highly mobile MAGUK in spines.

Regulation of cellular calcium in vestibular supporting cells by otopetrin 1.

Review series: The cell biology of hearing.

Intermolecular autophosphorylation regulates myosin IIIa activity and localization in parallel actin bundles.

Missense mutations in Otopetrin 1 affect subcellular localization and inhibition of purinergic signaling in vestibular supporting cells.

Regulation of stereocilia length by myosin XVa and whirlin depends on the actin-regulatory protein Eps8.

A role for actin arcs in the leading-edge advance of migrating cells.

Regulation of PCDH15 function in mechanosensory hair cells by alternative splicing of the cytoplasmic domain.

Differential localization of SAP102 and PSD-95 is revealed in hippocampal spines using super-resolution light microscopy.

Myosin VIIa and sans localization at stereocilia upper tip-link density implicates these Usher syndrome proteins in mechanotransduction.

Mouse models of MYH9-related disease: mutations in nonmuscle myosin II-A.

Sharp Ca²⁺ nanodomains beneath the ribbon promote highly synchronous multivesicular release at hair cell synapses.

Bleaching/blinking assisted localization microscopy for superresolution imaging using standard fluorescent molecules.

Myosin IIIB Uses an Actin-Binding Motif in Its Espin-1 Cargo to Reach the Tips of Actin Protrusions.