Subcellular analysis of pigeon hair cells implicates vesicular trafficking in cuticulosome formation and maintenance

Hair cells are specialized sensors located in the inner ear that enable the transduction of sound, motion, and gravity into neuronal impulses. In birds some hair cells contain an iron-rich organelle, the cuticulosome, that has been implicated in the magnetic sense. Here, we exploit histological, tra...

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Main Authors: Simon Nimpf, Erich Pascal Malkemper, Mattias Lauwers, Lyubov Ushakova, Gregory Nordmann, Andrea Wenninger-Weinzierl, Thomas R Burkard, Sonja Jacob, Thomas Heuser, Guenter P Resch, David A Keays
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-11-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/29959