Kozlov and colleagues study how hair cells achieve their sensitivity to mechanical stimuli. They report that the hair bundle is tightly constrained to move as a unit, ensuring the concerted gating of transduction channels in hair cells.
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LeMasurier, M., Gillespie, P. Hair bundles: keeping it together. Nat Neurosci 10, 11–12 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0107-11
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