The cell biology of hearing

The structure of the harmonin/sans complex reveals an unexpected interaction mode of the two Usher syndrome proteins

(2010) J. Yan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanotransduction by Hair Cells: Models, Molecules, and Mechanisms

(2009) Peter G. Gillespie et al.   CELL

Development of form and function in the mammalian cochlea

(2009) Michael C Kelly et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Twinfilin 2 Regulates Actin Filament Lengths in Cochlear Stereocilia

(2009) A. W. Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments

(2009) Felipe T. Salles et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Localization of inner hair cell mechanotransducer channels using high-speed calcium imaging

(2009) Maryline Beurg et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Harmonin Mutations Cause Mechanotransduction Defects in Cochlear Hair Cells

(2009) Nicolas Grillet et al.   NEURON

Harmonin-b, an actin-binding scaffold protein, is involved in the adaptation of mechanoelectrical transduction by sensory hair cells

(2009) Nicolas Michalski et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Characterization of the Drosophila Ortholog of the Human Usher Syndrome Type 1G Protein Sans

(2009) Fabio Demontis et al.   PLoS One

MyosinVIIa Interacts with Twinfilin-2 at the Tips of Mechanosensory Stereocilia in the Inner Ear

(2009) Agnieszka K. Rzadzinska et al.   PLoS One

 -Actin is required for cytoskeletal maintenance but not development

(2009) I. A. Belyantseva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Line up and listen: Planar cell polarity regulation in the mammalian inner ear

(2009) Padmashree C.G. Rida et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hair cell afferent synapses

(2008) Elisabeth Glowatzki et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

A core cochlear phenotype in USH1 mouse mutants implicates fibrous links of the hair bundle in its cohesion, orientation and differential growth

(2008) G. Lefevre et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cthrc1 Selectively Activates the Planar Cell Polarity Pathway of Wnt Signaling by Stabilizing the Wnt-Receptor Complex

(2008) Shinji Yamamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The Role of Prestin in the Generation of Electrically Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions in Mice

(2008) Markus Drexl et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The Dimensions and Composition of Stereociliary Rootlets in Mammalian Cochlear Hair Cells: Comparison between High- and Low-Frequency Cells and Evidence for a Connection to the Lateral Membrane

(2008) D. N. Furness et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Making an Effort to Listen: Mechanical Amplification in the Ear

(2008) A.J. Hudspeth   NEURON

Prestin-Based Outer Hair Cell Motility Is Necessary for Mammalian Cochlear Amplification

(2008) Peter Dallos et al.   NEURON

Dynamic compartmentalization of protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor Q at the proximal end of stereocilia: Implication of myosin VI-based transport

(2008) Hirofumi Sakaguchi et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON

Murine Dishevelled 3 Functions in Redundant Pathways with Dishevelled 1 and 2 in Normal Cardiac Outflow Tract, Cochlea, and Neural Tube Development

(2008) S. Leah Etheridge et al.   PLoS Genetics