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Disruption of Bardet-Biedl syndrome ciliary proteins perturbs planar cell polarity in vertebrates.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 2005
Ross Alison J, May-Simera Helen, Eichers Erica R, Kai Masatake, Hill Josephine, Jagger Daniel J, Leitch Carmen C, Chapple J Paul, Munro Peter M, Fisher Shannon, Tan Perciliz L, Phillips Helen M, Leroux Michel R, Henderson Deborah J, Murdoch Jennifer N, Copp Andrew J, Eliot Marie-Madeleine, Lupski James R, Kemp David T, Dollfus Hélène, Tada Masazumi, Katsanis Nicholas, Forge Andrew, Beales Philip L
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionarily conserved planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway (or noncanonical Wnt pathway) drives several important cellular processes, including epithelial cell polarization, cell migration and mitotic spindle orientation. In vertebrates, PCP genes have a vital role in polarized convergent extension movements during gastrulation and neurulation. Here we show that mice with mutations in genes involved in...
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