Echolocating Whales and Bats Express the Motor Protein Prestin in the Inner Ear: A Potential Marker for Hearing Loss

Prestin is an integral membrane motor protein located in outer hair cells of the mammalian cochlea. It is responsible for electromotility and required for cochlear amplification. Although prestin works in a cycle-by-cycle mode up to frequencies of at least 79 kHz, it is not known whether or not pres...

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Autores principales: Morell, Maria, Vogl, A. Wayne, IJsseldijk, Lonneke L., Piscitelli-Doshkov, Marina, Tong, Ling, Ostertag, Sonja, Ferreira, Marisa, Fraija-Fernandez, Natalia, Colegrove, Kathleen M., Puel, Jean-Luc, Raverty, Stephen A., Shadwick, Robert E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
Materias:
Veterinary Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7396497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32851016
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00429

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