Activated notch causes deafness by promoting a supporting cell phenotype in developing auditory hair cells.

To determine whether activated Notch can promote a supporting cell fate during sensory cell differentiation in the inner ear.An activated form of the Notch1 receptor (NICD) was expressed in early differentiating hair cells using a Gfi1-Cre mouse allele. To determine the effects of activated Notch on...

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Main Authors: Grace Savoy-Burke, Felicia A Gilels, Wei Pan, Diana Pratt, Jianwen Que, Lin Gan, Patricia M White, Amy E Kiernan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4180070?pdf=render