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Defects in ciliary localization of Nek8 is associated with cystogenesis.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Mar 2008
Trapp Melissa L, Galtseva Alevtina, Manning Danielle K, Beier David R, Rosenblum Norman D, Quarmby Lynne M
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Mutations in the human NIMA (Never in Mitosis gene A)-related kinase 8 (Nek8) are associated with a rare form of the juvenile renal cystic disease, nephronophthisis type 9, and mutations in murine Nek8 cause renal cysts in jck mice. Cystogenesis involves dysfunctional ciliary signaling, and we ha...
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