The organization of actin filaments in the stereocilia of cochlear hair cells

Within each tapering stereocilium of the cochlea of the alligator lizard is a bundle of actin filaments with > 3,000 filaments near the tip and only 18-29 filaments at the base where the bundle enters into the cuticular plate; there the filaments splay out as if on the surface of a cone, forming...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1980
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2110658/