stereocilia coupling link
id: GO:0002139
name: stereocilia coupling link
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: A structure involved in coupling stereocilia to one another in sensory hair cells There are four morphologically distinct types: tip links, horizontal top connectors, shaft connectors and ankle links. Tip links and horizontal top connectors are the only inter-stereocilia links associated with mature cochlea, whereas ankle links appear during development of the auditory hair bundle.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0002140 | stereocilia tip link |
| GO:0002141 | stereocilia ankle link |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0044464 | cell part |
