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. 1980 Sep 25;287(5780):291-6.
doi: 10.1038/287291a0.

Actin in the inner ear: the remarkable structure of the stereocilium

D J DeRosier, L G Tilney, E Egelman

Actin in the inner ear: the remarkable structure of the stereocilium

D J DeRosier et al. Nature. .

Abstract

The actin filament bundle in the stereocilium of the cochlear hair cell has liquid transverse order, but paracrystalline axial order. A single bonding rule, which determines how a cross bridging protein links neighbouring filaments, accounts for this unusual structure. Such liquid order is possible for bundles of other filamentous proteins.

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