Article
The centrosomal/basal body protein OFD1 is required for microtubule organization and cell cycle progression.
Tissue & cell - 1 Jun 2020
Alfieri Mariaevelina, Iaconis Daniela, Tammaro Roberta, Perone Lucia, Calì Gaetano, Nitsch Lucio, Dougherty Gerard W, Ragnini-Wilson Antonella, Franco Brunella
Abstract excerpt
Oral-Facial-Digital type I (OFD1) is a rare inherited form of renal cystic disease associated with ciliary dysfunction. This disorder is due to mutations in the OFD1 gene that encodes a protein localized to centrosomes and basal bodies in different cell types. Immunofluorescence analysis demonstr...
Topics
- Aneuploidy
- Animals
- Basal Bodies
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Line
- Cell Nucleus
- Centrosome
- Cilia
- Cytoskeleton
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- Microtubule-Organizing Center
