Figure 1: Targeted disruption of the prestin locus. To test whether prestin, and therefore OHC electromotility, is necessary for normal cochlear mechanical amplification, we obtained three measures of ...
SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) A little over a decade ago, prestin was found to be a key gene responsible for hearing in mammals. Prestin makes a ...
A Rice University study has found that the aspirin-like drug diflunisal blocks the action of prestin, a key protein that is required for hearing. The research, which is available online in the ...
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