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Deletions and point mutations of LRRC50 cause primary ciliary dyskinesia due to dynein arm defects.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2009
Loges Niki Tomas, Olbrich Heike, Becker-Heck Anita, Häffner Karsten, Heer Angelina, Reinhard Christina, Schmidts Miriam, Kispert Andreas, Zariwala Maimoona A, Leigh Margaret W, Knowles Michael R, Zentgraf Hanswalter, Seithe Horst, Nürnberg Gudrun, Nürnberg Peter, Reinhardt Richard, Omran Heymut
Abstract excerpt
Genetic defects affecting motility of cilia and flagella cause chronic destructive airway disease, randomization of left-right body asymmetry, and, frequently, male infertility in primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). The most frequent defects involve outer and inner dynein arms (ODAs and IDAs) that...
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