Lebercilin
The LCA5 gene encodes Lebercilin a protein involved in centrosomal or ciliary functions. Mutations cause autosomal recessive Leber congenital amaurosis type 5.
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Coene KL et al. (2009) OFD1 is mutated in X-linked Joubert syndrome and interacts with LCA5-encoded lebercilin.
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Zernant J et al. (2005) Genotyping microarray (disease chip) for Leber congenital amaurosis: detection of modifier alleles.
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Dharmaraj S et al. (2000) A novel locus for Leber congenital amaurosis maps to chromosome 6q.
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Mohamed MD et al. (2003) Progression of phenotype in Leber's congenital amaurosis with a mutation at the LCA5 locus.
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den Hollander AI et al. (2007) Mutations in LCA5, encoding the ciliary protein lebercilin, cause Leber congenital amaurosis.
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van Wijk E et al. (2009) Usher syndrome and Leber congenital amaurosis are molecularly linked via a novel isoform of the centrosomal ninein-like protein.
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NCBI article
NCBI 167691
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OMIM.ORG article
Omim 611408
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Orphanet article
Orphanet ID 140526
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Wikipedia article
Wikipedia EN (LCA5)
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Update: Aug. 14, 2020