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Myosin VIIA, Important for Human Auditory Function, Is Necessary for Drosophila Auditory Organ Development

BACKGROUND: Myosin VIIA (MyoVIIA) is an unconventional myosin necessary for vertebrate audition [1]–[5]. Human auditory transduction occurs in sensory hair cells with a staircase-like arrangement of apical protrusions called stereocilia. In these hair cells, MyoVIIA maintains stereocilia organizatio...

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Autores principales: Todi, Sokol V., Sivan-Loukianova, Elena, Jacobs, Julie S., Kiehart, Daniel P., Eberl, Daniel F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18461180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002115