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Date publication

avril 2017

Journal

Molecular biology and evolution

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr POCH Olivier , Dr THOMPSON Julie


Tous les auteurs :
Nevers Y, Prasad MK, Poidevin L, Chennen K, Allot A, Kress A, Ripp R, Thompson JD, Dollfus H, Poch O, Lecompte O

Résumé

Cilia (flagella) are important eukaryotic organelles, present in the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor, and are involved in cell motility and integration of extracellular signals. Ciliary dysfunction causes a class of genetic diseases, known as ciliopathies, however current knowledge of the underlying mechanisms is still limited and a better characterization of genes is needed. As cilia have been lost independently several times during evolution and they are subject to important functional variation between species, ciliary genes can be investigated through comparative genomics.

Mots clés

ciliopathies, cilium, comparative genomics, evolution, phylogenetic profiling

Référence

Mol. Biol. Evol.. 2017 Apr;: