Electron Microscopy Techniques for Investigating Structure and Composition of Hair-Cell Stereociliary Bundles

Hair cells—the sensory cells of the vertebrate inner ear—bear at their apical surfaces a bundle of actin-filled protrusions called stereocilia, which mediate the cells’ mechanosensitivity. Hereditary deafness is often associated with morphological disorganization of stereocilia bundles, with the abs...

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Main Authors: Maryna V. Ivanchenko, Artur A. Indzhykulian, David P. Corey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.744248/full