Ciliary Function in Mammalian Development

ISBN: 9780123744531 出版年：2011 页码：517 Academic Press_Series

Cilia--the tiny hairlike structures on the surface of cells have recently been identified as playing a role in a variety of disease and developmental disorders. Absent or defective cilia in certain cells can cause infertility, blindness, kidney disease, and lung disease. This volume presents recent findings in cilia research and current thought on the role of cilia in disease and developmental abnormalities.