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ArticleNature genetics2013

The nexin-dynein regulatory complex subunit DRC1 is essential for motile cilia function in algae and humans.

Maureen Wirschell, Heike Olbrich, Claudius Werner, Douglas Tritschler, Raqual Bower, Winfield S Sale, Niki T Loges, Petra Pennekamp, Sven Lindberg, Unne Stenram and 7 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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122 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 221 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Maureen WirschellDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Heike Olbrich
Claudius Werner
Douglas Tritschler
Raqual Bower
Winfield S Sale
Niki T Loges
Petra Pennekamp
Sven Lindberg
Unne Stenram
Birgitta Carlén
Elisabeth Horak
Gabriele Köhler
Peter Nürnberg
Gudrun Nürnberg
Mary E Porter
Heymut Omran
University Hospital Münster · DEUniversity of Minnesota · USEmory University · USLund University · SECologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases · DEInnsbruck Medical University · ATSkåne University Hospital · SEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

Assembly, Targeting, And Regulation Of Dynein MotorsR01GM055667 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI PORTER, MARY E. · 1997 to 2023
$5.4M
Assembly , Targeting, and Regulation of Dynein MotorsR37GM055667 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI PORTER, MARY E. · 2005 to 2014
$4.0M
Functional Substructure of Flagellar DyneinR37GM051173 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SALE, WINFIELD S · 2002 to 2011
$4.0M
FUNCTIONAL SUBSTRUCTURE OF FLAGELLAR DYNEINR01GM051173 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SALE, WINFIELD S · 1994 to 2020
$3.6M
Targeted and regulation of flagellar dyneinF32GM075446 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI WIRSCHELL, MAUREEN E · 2005 to 2007
$143k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM075446NIGMS NIH HHS GM-051173NIGMS NIH HHS GM-075446NIGMS NIH HHS GM-55667NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051173NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM055667NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM051173NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM055667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is characterized by dysfunction of respiratory cilia and sperm flagella and random determination of visceral asymmetry. Here, we identify the DRC1 subunit of the nexin-dynein regulatory complex (N-DRC), an axonemal structure critical for the regulation of dynein motors, and show that mutations in the gene encoding DRC1, CCDC164, are involved in PCD pathogenesis. Loss-of-function mutations disrupting DRC1 result in severe defects in assembly of the N-DRC structure and defective ciliary movement in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and humans. Our results highlight a role for N-DRC integrity in regulating ciliary beating and provide the first direct evidence that mutations in DRC genes cause human disease.

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ChlamydomonasCiliaCiliary Motility DisordersKartagener SyndromeAlgal ProteinsAmino Acid SequenceAxonemal DyneinsAxonemeCarrier ProteinsCytoskeletonHumansMaleMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1Algal ProteinsAxonemal DyneinsCarrier ProteinsDRC1 protein, humanMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1

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PMID23354437
PMCPMC3818796
OpenAlexW1992323427

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