Myosin VIIA, important for human auditory function, is necessary for Drosophila auditory organ development.

BACKGROUND:Myosin VIIA (MyoVIIA) is an unconventional myosin necessary for vertebrate audition [1]-[5]. Human auditory transduction occurs in sensory hair cells with a staircase-like arrangement of apical protrusions called stereocilia. In these hair cells, MyoVIIA maintains stereocilia organization...

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Main Authors: Sokol V Todi, Elena Sivan-Loukianova, Julie S Jacobs, Daniel P Kiehart, Daniel F Eberl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2362849?pdf=render