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Cell and molecular biology of the ear /

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This volume covers the latest advances in this rapidly expanding field. This unique field of science has enabled scientists to shed new light on evolution, development, sensory cell function, and hereditary deafness on a gene and molecular level, and to apply these techniques to the understanding of...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), Symposium on Cell and Molecular Biology of the Ear
Other Authors: Lim, David J., 1935- (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Science+Business Media, [2000]
Subjects:
Ear > Cytology > Congresses.
Ear > Molecular aspects > Congresses.
Deafness > Genetic aspects > Congresses.
Ear > Congresses.
Cell Biology > Congresses.
Deafness > genetics > Congresses.
Molecular Biology > Congresses.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. Mechanoreceptor Biology. 1. Kinociliary Mechanoreceptors in the Equilibrium Receptor Organs of Cephalopods / Bernd U. Budelmann. 2. Stereocilia Based Mechanoreceptors of Sea Anemones / Glen M. Watson and Patricia Mire. 3. Plasma Membrane Ca[superscript 2+]-ATPase and Hair-Cell Function / Rachel A. Dumont and Peter G. Gillespie. 4. Molecular Determinants of Hair Cell Phenotypic Heterogeneity
  • Differential Expression of K Channel Genes / Dhasakumar S. Navaratnam and J. Carl Oberholtzer. 5. Structural Basis of Outer Hair Cell Motility or Where' the Motor? / W. E. Brownell and J. S. Oghalai. II. Developmental Biology of the Ear. 6. Induction of Ectodermal Placodes / Clare V. H. Baker, Andrew K. Groves and Michael R. Stark / [et al.].