A novel role for the centrosomal protein, pericentrin, in regulation of insulin secretory vesicle docking in mouse pancreatic beta-cells.

The centrosome is important for microtubule organization and cell cycle progression in animal cells. Recently, mutations in the centrosomal protein, pericentrin, have been linked to human microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism (MOPD II), a rare genetic disease characterized by severe grow...

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Main Authors: Agata Jurczyk, Steven C Pino, Bryan O'Sullivan-Murphy, Martha Addorio, Erich A Lidstone, Philip Diiorio, Kathryn L Lipson, Clive Standley, Kevin Fogarty, Lawrence Lifshitz, Fumihiko Urano, John P Mordes, Dale L Greiner, Aldo A Rossini, Rita Bortell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2910730?pdf=render