Wednesday, July 31, 2013

New fly model: Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Moore DJ, Onoufriadis A, Shoemark A, Simpson MA, Zur Lage PI, de Castro SC, Bartoloni L, Gallone G, Petridi S, Woollard WJ, Antony D, Schmidts M, Didonna T, Makrythanasis P, Bevillard J, Mongan NP, Djakow J, Pals G, Lucas JS, Marthin JK, Nielsen KG, Santoni F, Guipponi M, Hogg C, Antonarakis SE, Emes RD, Chung EM, Greene ND, Blouin JL, Jarman AP, Mitchison HM. Mutations in ZMYND10, a Gene Essential for Proper Axonemal Assembly of Inner and Outer Dynein Arms in Humans and Flies, Cause Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Jul 24. PMID: 23891471.

From the abstract: "Using a fly model of PCD [primary ciliary dyskinesia], we conclude that ZMYND10 is a cytoplasmic protein required for IDA [inner dynein arm] and ODA [outer dynein arm] assembly and that its variants cause ciliary dysmotility and PCD with laterality defects."

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