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Nephrocystin-3 is required for ciliary function in zebrafish embryos.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Jul 2010
Zhou Weibin, Dai Julie, Attanasio Massimo, Hildebrandt Friedhelm
Abstract excerpt
Nephronophthisis (NPHP) is the most frequent genetic cause of end-stage renal failure in the first three decades of life. It is characterized primarily by renal cysts with extrarenal involvements of the eye and brain. Ten recessive genes responsible for NPHP have been identified by positional cloning. This discovery supported a unifying theory of renal cystic disease, which states that all proteins mutated in...
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