2006
Hair Cells – Beyond the Transducer
Housley GD, Marcotti W, Navaratnam D, Yamoah EN. Hair Cells – Beyond the Transducer. The Journal Of Membrane Biology 2006, 209: 89. PMID: 16773496, DOI: 10.1007/s00232-005-0835-7.BooksConceptsHair cell developmentHair cellsHair cell physiologySensory hair cellsOuter hair cell electromotilityMolecular physiologyHair cell electromotilityCell physiologyCell developmentPhysiological functionsMechanoelectrical transductionIon channelsBiophysical statusCell functionTransductionNeurotransmitter releaseHair cell functionPhysiologyCellsConsiderable arrayBroad dynamic rangeReview seriesMembrane conductanceElectromotilityPathway
1997
Differential Distribution of Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel Splice Variants among Hair Cells along the Tonotopic Axis of the Chick Cochlea
Navaratnam D, Bell T, Tu T, Cohen E, Oberholtzer J. Differential Distribution of Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel Splice Variants among Hair Cells along the Tonotopic Axis of the Chick Cochlea. Neuron 1997, 19: 1077-1085. PMID: 9390520, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80398-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Permeation Properties and Differential Expression across the Auditory Receptor Epithelium of an Inward Rectifier K+ Channel Cloned from the Chick Inner Ear *
Navaratnam D, Escobar L, Covarrubias M, Oberholtzer J. Permeation Properties and Differential Expression across the Auditory Receptor Epithelium of an Inward Rectifier K+ Channel Cloned from the Chick Inner Ear *. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1995, 270: 19238-19245. PMID: 7642595, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.33.19238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBariumBase SequenceBasilar MembraneChickensCloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryEpitheliumEvoked PotentialsGene Expression RegulationGlutamic AcidHair Cells, AuditoryMolecular Sequence DataPotassium Channel BlockersPotassium ChannelsPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingSequence Homology, Amino AcidXenopusConceptsAuditory receptor epitheliumDifferential expressionSingle-channel conductanceExcellent model systemSite-directed mutagenesisPutative pore regionIon channel genesInward rectifier potassium channelChick inner earCochlear sensory epitheliumReceptor epitheliumChick cochlear hair cellsChannel genesPrimary structureCochlear hair cellsNative channelsRectifier potassium channelSensory epitheliumExternal vestibulePore regionModel systemHair cellsPotassium channelsExpressionInward rectifier potassium current