Roles of the Espin Actin-Bundling Proteins in the Morphogenesis and Stabilization of Hair Cell Stereocilia Revealed in CBA/CaJ Congenic Jerker Mice

Actin-Bundling Protein TRIOBP Forms Resilient Rootlets of Hair Cell Stereocilia Essential for Hearing

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Mechanosensitive Hair Cell-like Cells from Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

(2010) Kazuo Oshima et al.   CELL

Cochlear outer hair cells undergo an apical circumference remodeling constrained by the hair bundle shape

(2010) R. Etournay et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The cell biology of hearing

(2010) Martin Schwander et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The R109H Variant of Fascin-2, a Developmentally Regulated Actin Crosslinker in Hair-Cell Stereocilia, Underlies Early-Onset Hearing Loss of DBA/2J Mice

(2010) J.-B. Shin et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Targeting of the Hair Cell Proteins Cadherin 23, Harmonin, Myosin XVa, Espin, and Prestin in an Epithelial Cell Model

(2010) L. Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Slow down of actin depolymerization by cross-linking molecules

(2010) Kurt M. Schmoller et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Gelsolin Plays a Role in the Actin Polymerization Complex of Hair Cell Stereocilia

(2010) Philomena Mburu et al.   PLoS One

Hearing Loss: Mechanisms Revealed by Genetics and Cell Biology

(2009) Amiel A. Dror et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Tonotopic Gradient in the Developmental Acquisition of Sensory Transduction in Outer Hair Cells of the Mouse Cochlea

(2009) Andrea Lelli et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

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

Linking genes underlying deafness to hair-bundle development and function

(2009) Christine Petit et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Cooperativity and Frustration in Protein-Mediated Parallel Actin Bundles

(2009) Homin Shin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

Espin actin-cytoskeletal proteins are in rat type I spiral ganglion neurons and include splice-isoforms with a functional nuclear localization signal

(2008) Gabriella Sekerková et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

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

Helical twist controls the thickness of F-actin bundles

(2008) M. M. A. E. Claessens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Architecture of the Mouse Utricle: Macular Organization and Hair Bundle Heights

(2007) A. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY