Qilin is essential for cilia assembly and normal kidney development in zebrafish.
Defects in the cilium, a once thought vestigial organelle, have recently been implicated in many human diseases, including a number of cystic kidney diseases such as polycystic kidney disease (PKD), Bardet Bieldl Syndrome, and Meckel-Gruber Syndrome. In a forward genetic screen, qilin was identified...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
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