Usher type 1G protein sans is a critical component of the tip-link complex, a structure controlling actin polymerization in stereocilia

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

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Cadherin-23, myosin VIIa and harmonin, encoded by Usher syndrome type I genes, form a ternary complex and interact with membrane phospholipids

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Asymmetric distribution of cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 in the kinocilial links of avian sensory hair cells

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

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Mechanotransduction by Hair Cells: Models, Molecules, and Mechanisms

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

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Linking genes underlying deafness to hair-bundle development and function

(2009) Christine Petit et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2009) Maryline Beurg et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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

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Assembling stable hair cell tip link complex via multidentate interactions between harmonin and cadherin 23

(2009) L. Pan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Stereocilin-deficient mice reveal the origin of cochlear waveform distortions

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Dynamic length regulation of sensory stereocilia

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