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An Amish founder mutation disrupts a PI(3)P-WHAMM-Arp2/3 complex–driven autophagosomal remodeling pathway
18 Jul 2017
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Actin nucleation factors function to organize, shape, and move membrane-bound organelles, yet they remain poorly defined in relation to disease. Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GMS) is an inherited disorder characterized by microcephaly and nephrosis resulting from mutations in the WDR73 gene. This core clinical phenotype appears frequently in the Amish, where virtually all affected individuals harbor homozygous founder...
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