Functional Analysis of the Transmembrane and Cytoplasmic Domains of Pcdh15a in Zebrafish Hair Cells

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Research Articles: Cellular/Molecular

Functional analysis of the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of Pcdh15a in zebrafish hair cells

Reo Maeda*, Itallia V. Pacentine*, Timothy Erickson and Teresa Nicolson Oregon Hearing Research Center and the Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239

DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2216-16.2017

Received: 12 July 2016

Revised: 7 February 2017

Accepted: 10 February 2017

Published: 20 February 2017

Author Contributions: R.M., I.V.P. and T.N. designed research; R.M., I.V.P., and T.E. obtained and analyzed all data in this research; and the manuscript was written and edited by R.M., I.V.P., T.E. and T.N. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing financial interests.

This study was supported by the NIH (DC013572 and DC013503), the NSF (award # AVPRS0014 to I.P.), the Uehara Memorial Foundation, the Naito Foundation, and the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad (to R.M.).

Corresponding author: Teresa Nicolson, Ph.D., To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]

Cite as: J. Neurosci ; 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2216-16.2017

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