An In Vitro Study on Prestin Analog Gene in the Bullfrog Hearing Organs

Figure 5

NLC functions of frog’s three auditory organs (AP, BP, and S). (a) NLC obtained from the hair cells of three auditory organs. Red: the amphibian papilla (AP); black: the sacculus (S); blue: the basilar papilla (BP). No NLC was detected in the hair cells of the basilar papilla (BP). (b) Four parameters derived from curve fittings with Boltzmann’s function for AP () and S (). Mouse OHC was used as a comtrol. Data are expressed as . , (Student’s -test).

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