2005
Vertebrate Myosin VIIb Is a High Duty Ratio Motor Adapted for Generating and Maintaining Tension*
Henn A, De La Cruz EM. Vertebrate Myosin VIIb Is a High Duty Ratio Motor Adapted for Generating and Maintaining Tension*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2005, 280: 39665-39676. PMID: 16186105, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507667200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClass VII myosinMyosin VIIbActin filament concentrationUnique cellular functionsInner ear hair cellsCatalytic motor domainEar hair cellsActin filament bundlesNon-muscle myosinSteady-state ATPase activityActin cytoskeletonHigh conservationCellular functionsMyosin VIIa functionCDNA libraryActin bindingDeafness phenotypeMembrane surface receptorsATPase cycleEnzymatic propertiesSurface receptorsFilament bundlesIntestinal brush borderMolecular motorsQuantitative equilibrium
1995
The mouse Snell's waltzer deafness gene encodes an unconventional myosin required for structural integrity of inner ear hair cells
Avraham K, Hasson T, Steel K, Kingsley D, Russell L, Mooseker M, Copeland N, Jenkins N. The mouse Snell's waltzer deafness gene encodes an unconventional myosin required for structural integrity of inner ear hair cells. Nature Genetics 1995, 11: 369-375. PMID: 7493015, DOI: 10.1038/ng1295-369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChromosome InversionCloning, MolecularDeafnessDNA Mutational AnalysisGenes, RecessiveHair Cells, Auditory, InnerHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMolecular Sequence DataMyosin Heavy ChainsOrgan of CortiRestriction MappingRNA, MessengerSequence DeletionConceptsMyosin VIUnconventional myosin heavy chainPositional cloning approachInner ear hair cellsHuman deafness disordersExcellent model systemEar hair cellsSensory hair cellsHair cellsDeafness disordersCloning approachUnconventional myosinDeafness mutationsDeafness mutantsDeafness genesMyosin heavy chainGenesGenetic deafnessModel systemHeavy chainStructural integrityWaltzerInner earCellsMutants
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