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Mutations in DNAH5 cause primary ciliary dyskinesia and randomization of left-right asymmetry.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 2002
Olbrich Heike, Häffner Karsten, Kispert Andreas, Völkel Alexander, Volz Andreas, Sasmaz Gürsel, Reinhardt Richard, Hennig Steffen, Lehrach Hans, Konietzko Nikolaus, Zariwala Maimoona, Noone Peadar G, Knowles Michael, Mitchison Hannah M, Meeks Maggie, Chung Eddie M K, Hildebrandt Friedhelm, Sudbrak Ralf, Omran Heymut
Abstract excerpt
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD, MIM 242650) is characterized by recurrent infections of the respiratory tract due to reduced mucociliary clearance and by sperm immobility. Half of the affected offspring have situs inversus (reversed organs), which results from randomization of left-right (LR) asymmetry. We previously localized to chromosome 5p a PCD locus containing DNAH5, which encodes a protein highly similar...
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