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Peptides from the PKD repeats of polycystin, the PKD1 gene product, modulate pattern formation in the developing kidney.
Developmental genetics - 1 Jan 1999
van Adelsberg J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the PKD1 gene cause the majority of cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The PKD1 gene codes for a protein of unknown function, polycystin-1, that is predicted to be a receptor. Its large extracellular domain contains 16 copies of novel motif, the PKD repeat, that is likely to be a ligand binding domain based on its similarity to immunoglobulin domains. These observations suggested...
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