LMO7 deficiency reveals the significance of the cuticular plate for hearing function
Tingting Du, James B. Dewey, Elizabeth L. Wagner, Runjia Cui, Jinho Heo, Jeong-Jin Park, Shimon P. Francis, Edward Perez‐Reyes, Stacey J. Guillot, Nicholas E. Sherman, Wenhao Xu, John S. Oghalai, Bechara Kachar, Jung‐Bum Shin
This study identifies LMO7 as a hair cell protein localized to the cuticular plate, showing that its deficiency leads to structural defects and progressive hearing loss.
Nature Communications · Mar 8, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience