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Mutation of POC1B in a severe syndromic retinal ciliopathy.
Human mutation - 1 Oct 2014
Beck Bodo B, Phillips Jennifer B, Bartram Malte P, Wegner Jeremy, Thoenes Michaela, Pannes Andrea, Sampson Josephina, Heller Raoul, Göbel Heike, Koerber Friederike, Neugebauer Antje, Hedergott Andrea, Nürnberg Gudrun, Nürnberg Peter, Thiele Holger, Altmüller Janine, Toliat Mohammad R, Staubach Simon, Boycott Kym M, Valente Enza Maria, Janecke Andreas R, Eisenberger Tobias, Bergmann Carsten, Tebbe Lars, Wang Yang, Wu Yundong, Fry Andrew M, Westerfield Monte, Wolfrum Uwe, Bolz Hanno J
Abstract excerpt
We describe a consanguineous Iraqi family with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), Joubert syndrome (JBTS), and polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Targeted next-generation sequencing for excluding mutations in known LCA and JBTS genes, homozygosity mapping, and whole-exome sequencing identified a homozygous missense variant, c.317G>C (p.Arg106Pro), in POC1B, a gene essential for ciliogenesis, basal body, and...
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