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Tuning in to the Amazing Outer Hair Cell: Membrane Wizardry with a Twist and Shout

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This work was supported by grants NIDCD DC006412 (JZ), NIDCD DC 006496 (DZZH), NIDCD DC05220 and House Ear Institute (FK), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (SK), NIDCD DC00273 (JSS). We thank Peter Dallos and MaryAnn Cheatham for their comments on manuscript.

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  2. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

    J. Zheng

  3. Section on Cell Structure and Function, Gonda Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90057, USA

    F. Kalinec

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  5. Otolaryngology, Neurobiology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, BML 246, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    J. Santos-Sacchi

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He, D., Zheng, J., Kalinec, F. et al. Tuning in to the Amazing Outer Hair Cell: Membrane Wizardry with a Twist and Shout. J Membrane Biol 209, 119–134 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-005-0833-9

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