Cadherin-23 may be dynamic in hair bundles of the model sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.
Cadherin 23 (CDH23), a component of tip links in hair cells of vertebrate animals, is essential to mechanotransduction by hair cells in the inner ear.A homolog of CDH23 occurs in hair bundles of sea anemones.Anemone hair bundles are located on the tentacles where they detect the swimming movements of nearby prey.The anemone CDH23 is predicted to be