Forces between clustered stereocilia minimize friction in the ear on a subnanometre scale.

Kozlov, Andrei S; Baumgart, Johannes; Risler, Thomas; Versteegh, Corstiaen P C; Hudspeth, A J

Kozlov, Andrei S; Baumgart, Johannes; Risler, Thomas; Versteegh, Corstiaen P C; Hudspeth, A J.

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Kozlov AS; Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA.

Nature ; 474(7351): 376-9, 2011 May 22.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21602823

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Cilia/physiology; Friction/physiology; Hair Cells, Auditory/cytology; Hair Cells, Auditory/physiology; Rana catesbeiana/physiology; Animals; Finite Element Analysis; Mechanotransduction, Cellular/physiology; Models, Biological; Stochastic Processes; Viscosity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rana catesbeiana / Cilia / Friction / Hair Cells, Auditory Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Nature Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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