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SUBMITTER: Dernedde J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4219815 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dernedde Jens J Weise Christoph C Müller Eva-Christina EC Hagiwara Akira A Bachmann Sebastian S Suzuki Mamoru M Reutter Werner W Tauber Rudolf R Scherer Hans H
PloS one 20141104 11
The extracellular membranes of the inner ear are essential constituents to maintain sensory functions, the cupula for sensing torsional movements of the head, the otoconial membrane for sensing linear movements and accelerations like gravity, and the tectorial membrane in the cochlea for hearing. So far a number of structural proteins have been described, but for the gelatinous cupula precise data are missing. Here, we describe for the first time a major proteinogenic component of the cupula str ...[more]