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Mutations in radial spoke head protein genes RSPH9 and RSPH4A cause primary ciliary dyskinesia with central-microtubular-pair abnormalities.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2009
Castleman Victoria H, Romio Leila, Chodhari Rahul, Hirst Robert A, de Castro Sandra C P, Parker Keith A, Ybot-Gonzalez Patricia, Emes Richard D, Wilson Stephen W, Wallis Colin, Johnson Colin A, Herrera Rene J, Rutman Andrew, Dixon Mellisa, Shoemark Amelia, Bush Andrew, Hogg Claire, Gardiner R Mark, Reish Orit, Greene Nicholas D E, O'Callaghan Christopher, Purton Saul, Chung Eddie M K, Mitchison Hannah M
Abstract excerpt
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous inherited disorder arising from dysmotility of motile cilia and sperm. This is associated with a variety of ultrastructural defects of the cilia and sperm axoneme that affect movement, leading to clinical consequences on respiratory-tract mucociliary clearance and lung function, fertility, and left-right body-axis determination. We performed...
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