Developmental abnormalities in supporting cell phalangeal processes and cytoskeleton in the Gjb2 knockdown mouse model

Mutations in the GJB2 gene [which encodes connexin 26 (Cx26)] are the most common causes of hereditary hearing loss in humans, and previous studies showed postnatal development arrest of the organ of Corti in different Cx26-null mouse models. To explore the pathological changes and the mechanism beh...

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Main Authors: Sen Chen, Le Xie, Kai Xu, Hai-Yan Cao, Xia Wu, Xiao-Xiang Xu, Yu Sun, Wei-Jia Kong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2018-02-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
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Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/11/2/dmm033019