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

<h4>Background</h4>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 ster...

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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:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0002115&type=printable
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