Plastin 1 widens stereocilia by transforming actin filament packing from hexagonal to liquid
Stereocilia of the inner ear’s sensory hair cells are filled with a paracrystalline array of parallel actin filaments. Krey et al. show that the actin cross-linker plastin-1 is needed for random liquid packing of actin filaments and final stereocilia diameter.
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5119939/ |