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Recruitment of PCM1 to the centrosome by the cooperative action of DISC1 and BBS4: a candidate for psychiatric illnesses.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Sept 2008
Kamiya Atsushi, Tan Perciliz L, Kubo Ken-ichiro, Engelhard Caitlin, Ishizuka Koko, Kubo Akiharu, Tsukita Sachiko, Pulver Ann E, Nakajima Kazunori, Cascella Nicola G, Katsanis Nicholas, Sawa Akira
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CONTEXT: A role for the centrosome has been suggested in the pathology of major mental illnesses, especially schizophrenia (SZ). OBJECTIVES: To show that pericentriolar material 1 protein (PCM1) forms a complex at the centrosome with disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) and Bardet-Biedl syndrome 4 protein (BBS4), which provides a crucial pathway for cortical development associated with the pathology of SZ. To...
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