Lizard and frog prestin: evolutionary insight into functional changes.

The plasma membrane of mammalian cochlear outer hair cells contains prestin, a unique motor protein. Prestin is the fifth member of the solute carrier protein 26A family. Orthologs of prestin are also found in the ear of non-mammalian vertebrates such as zebrafish and chicken. However, these ortholo...

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Main Authors: Jie Tang, Jason L Pecka, Bernd Fritzsch, Kirk W Beisel, David Z Z He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3546999?pdf=render