Identifying components of the hair-cell interactome involved in cochlear amplification

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although outer hair cells (OHCs) play a key role in cochlear amplification, it is not fully understood how they amplify sound signals by more than 100 fold. Two competing or possibly complementary mechanisms, stereocilia-based and so...

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Main Authors: Cheatham MaryAnn, Miller Katharine K, Anderson Charles T, Zheng Jing, Dallos Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/127