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A. Ballesteros

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:mechanistic / dynamical model· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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K. J. Swartz· 2 shared B. Kachar· 1 shared C. Fenollar-Ferrer· 1 shared C. R. Nisler· 1 shared J. C. Sudar· 1 shared J. M. Lotthammer· 1 shared K. Kurima· 1 shared M. Sotomayor· 1 shared

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Selective binding and transport of protocadherin 15 isoforms by stereocilia unconventional myosins in a heterologous expression system

A. Ballesteros, M. Yadav, R. Cui, K. Kurima, B. Kachar

The paper investigates the selective transport of PCDH15 isoforms by specific myosins in a heterologous system, revealing isoform-specific transport patterns.

bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2022Cell Biology

In Silico Electrophysiology of Inner-Ear Mechanotransduction Channel TMC1 Models

S. Walujkar, J. M. Lotthammer, C. R. Nisler, J. C. Sudar, A. Ballesteros, M. Sotomayor

The paper uses molecular dynamics simulations to study ion conduction in TMC1 models, revealing a peripheral permeation pathway and lipid-mediated gating mechanisms in inner-ear mechanotransduction channels.

bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2021 · PreprintBiophysics

Expression of a membrane-targeted fluorescent reporter disrupts auditory hair cell mechanoelectrical transduction and causes profound deafness.

A. Ballesteros, T. S. Fitzgerald, K. J. Swartz

This study shows that high expression of a membrane-targeted fluorescent reporter in mice disrupts auditory hair cell function and causes deafness.

bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2020Physiology

Structural relationship between the putative hair cell mechanotransduction channel TMC1 and TMEM16 proteins

A. Ballesteros, C. Fenollar-Ferrer, K. J. Swartz

The paper models TMC1 using TMEM16 structures, identifies a cavity near the lipid interface, and shows dextran permeability requires TMC1/2 and functional MET channels.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2018Biophysics