Hearing - Tightrope act

被引：38
作者：
Corey, DP
Sotomayor, M
机构：
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurobiol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Beckman Inst, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[4] Univ Illinois, Beckman Inst, Theoret & Computat Biophys Grp, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
来源：
NATURE | 2004年 / 428卷 / 6986期
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D O I：
10.1038/428901a
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
A component of the ‘tip link’ that conveys tension to mechanically sensitive ion channels in the inner ear has been identified. The finding raises new questions about elastic elements in our hearing apparatus.
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页码：901 / 903
页数：3
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