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May 9, 2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Elasticity of individual protocadherin 15 molecules implicates tip links as the gating springs for hearing

Tobias F. Bartsch Felicitas E. Hengel Aaron Oswald Gilman Dionne Iris V. Chipendo Simranjit S. Mangat Muhammad El Shatanofy Lawrence Shapiro Ulrich Müller A. J. Hudspeth

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concentration are likely parameters through which nature tunes a gating spring's mechanical properties.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a02ff0afec267d9e5650a28 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902163116

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