Outer Hair Cell Lateral Wall Structure Constrains the Mobility of Plasma Membrane Proteins.

Nature's fastest motors are the cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs). These sensory cells use a membrane protein, Slc26a5 (prestin), to generate mechanical force at high frequencies, which is essential for explaining the exquisite hearing sensitivity of mammalian ears. Previous studies suggest that...

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Main Authors: Tetsuji Yamashita, Pierre Hakizimana, Siva Wu, Ahmed Hassan, Stefan Jacob, Jamshid Temirov, Jie Fang, Marcia Mellado-Lagarde, Richard Gursky, Linda Horner, Barbara Leibiger, Sara Leijon, Victoria E Centonze, Per-Olof Berggren, Sharon Frase, Manfred Auer, William E Brownell, Anders Fridberger, Jian Zuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4564264?pdf=render