TY - BOOK ID - 32941268 TI - Mechanotransduction of the Hair Cell AU - Xiong, Wei. AU - Xu, Zhigang. PY - 2018 SN - 9811085579 9811085560 PB - Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Cellular signal transduction. KW - Cells KW - Neurosciences. KW - Cytology. KW - Mechanical properties. KW - Medicine. KW - Biochemistry. KW - Cell biology. KW - Biomedicine. KW - Biochemistry, general. KW - Cell Biology. KW - Neural sciences KW - Neurological sciences KW - Neuroscience KW - Medical sciences KW - Nervous system KW - Cell biology KW - Cellular biology KW - Biology KW - Cytologists KW - Cell mechanics KW - Cellular mechanics KW - Biomechanics KW - Cellular information transduction KW - Information transduction, Cellular KW - Signal transduction, Cellular KW - Bioenergetics KW - Cellular control mechanisms KW - Information theory in biology KW - Biological chemistry KW - Chemical composition of organisms KW - Organisms KW - Physiological chemistry KW - Chemistry KW - Composition UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32941268 AB - This book summarizes the emerging experimental evidence on hair-cell mechanotransduction, and covers hair’s cellular structure, biophysical properties, molecular components and functions. Auditory hair cells convert sound-induced vibration into electrical signals. This biological process, mechanotransduction, is what allows us to hear and communicate in our daily lives. However, our grasp of hair-cell mechanotransduction is still far from complete. Recent advances in molecular genetics and biophysics have helped us gain deeper insights into this process, especially the molecular constituent and operation of the channel complex. This book provides a cutting-edge snapshot for all readers who are interested in or studying how auditory hair cells detect sound. . ER -