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The exocyst protein Sec10 interacts with Polycystin-2 and knockdown causes PKD-phenotypes.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2011
Fogelgren Ben, Lin Shin-Yi, Zuo Xiaofeng, Jaffe Kimberly M, Park Kwon Moo, Reichert Ryan J, Bell P Darwin, Burdine Rebecca D, Lipschutz Joshua H
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by formation of renal cysts that destroy the kidney. Mutations in PKD1 and PKD2, encoding polycystins-1 and -2, cause ADPKD. Polycystins are thought to function in primary cilia, but it is not well understood how these and othe...
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