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Cdc42 deficiency causes ciliary abnormalities and cystic kidneys.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Sept 2013
Choi Soo Young, Chacon-Heszele Maria F, Huang Liwei, McKenna Sarah, Wilson F Perry, Zuo Xiaofeng, Lipschutz Joshua H
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Ciliogenesis and cystogenesis require the exocyst, a conserved eight-protein trafficking complex that traffics ciliary proteins. In culture, the small GTPase Cdc42 co-localizes with the exocyst at primary cilia and interacts with the exocyst component Sec10. The role of Cdc42 in vivo, however, is...
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