The centrosomal protein pericentrin identified at the basal body complex of the connecting cilium in mouse photoreceptors.

BACKGROUND: Pericentrin (Pcnt), a conserved protein of the pericentriolar material, serves as a multifunctional scaffold for numerous proteins and plays an important role in microtubule organization. Recent studies indicate that Pcnt mutations are associated with a range of diseases including primor...

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Main Authors: Johanna Mühlhans, Johann Helmut Brandstätter, Andreas Giessl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3198765?pdf=render