Mutations in PLK4, encoding a master regulator of centriole biogenesis, cause microcephaly, growth failure and retinopathy.
Martin CA, Ahmad I, Klingseisen A, Hussain MS, Bicknell LS, Leitch A, Nürnberg G, Toliat MR, Murray JE, Hunt D, Khan F, Ali Z, Tinschert S, Ding J, Keith C, Harley ME, Heyn P, Müller R, Hoffmann I, Cormier-Daire V, Dollfus H, Dupuis L, Bashamboo A, McElreavey K, Kariminejad A, Mendoza-Londono R, Moore AT, Saggar A, Schlechter C, Weleber R, Thiele H, Altmüller J, Höhne W, Hurles ME, Noegel AA, Baig SM, Nürnberg P, Jackson AP.
Martin CA, et al.
Nat Genet. 2014 Dec;46(12):1283-1292. doi: 10.1038/ng.3122. Epub 2014 Oct 26.
Nat Genet. 2014.
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Here we identify mutations in the genes encoding PLK4 kinase, a master regulator of centriole duplication, and its substrate TUBGCP6 in individuals with microcephalic primordial dwarfism and additional congenital anomalies, including retinopathy, thereby extending the huma …
Here we identify mutations in the genes encoding PLK4 kinase, a master regulator of centriole duplication, and its substrate TUBGCP6 …