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SUBMITTER: Bauer M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5048348 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bauer Manuel M Cubizolles Fabien F Schmidt Alexander A Nigg Erich A EA
The EMBO journal 20160818 19
Centrioles are essential for the formation of centrosomes and cilia. While numerical and/or structural centrosomes aberrations are implicated in cancer, mutations in centriolar and centrosomal proteins are genetically linked to ciliopathies, microcephaly, and dwarfism. The evolutionarily conserved mechanisms underlying centrosome biogenesis are centered on a set of key proteins, including Plk4, Sas-6, and STIL, whose exact levels are critical to ensure accurate reproduction of centrioles during ...[more]