@article{8ddda3c495b54de0854b1f2806bcf1e0,
title = "Have we found the tip link, transduction channel, and gating spring of the hair cell?",
abstract = "Recent reports have offered candidates for key components of the apparatus used for mechanotransduction in hair cells. TRPA1 and cadherin 23 have been proposed to be the transduction channel and component of the tip link, respectively; moreover, ankyrin repeats in TRPA1 have been proposed to be the gating spring. Although these are excellent candidates for the three components, definitive experiments supporting each identification have yet to be performed.",
author = "Gillespie, {Peter G.} and Dumont, {Rachel A.} and Bechara Kachar",
note = "Funding Information: We thank S Latham and G Riordan for help with the immunocytochemistry in Figure 2 . In addition, U M{\"u}ller and D Corey provided helpful comments on the manuscript. Work from the Gillespie laboratory is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders grants DC002368, DC 003279, DC004571, and DC005983. B Kachar is supported by the Intramural Program of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.",
year = "2005",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.conb.2005.06.007",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "389--396",
journal = "Current Opinion in Neurobiology",
issn = "0959-4388",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "4",
}