RRP7A links primary microcephaly to dysfunction of ribosome biogenesis, resorption of primary cilia, and neurogenesis

The RRP7A a gene is involved in ribosome biogenesis. Here the authors report a homozygous missense mutation segregating with primary microcephaly, and show that this occurs via functional defects in both nucleoli and primary cilia disrupting cell proliferation and neurogenesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Muhammad Farooq, Louise Lindbæk, Nicolai Krogh, Canan Doganli, Cecilie Keller, Maren Mönnich, André Brás Gonçalves, Srinivasan Sakthivel, Yuan Mang, Ambrin Fatima, Vivi Søgaard Andersen, Muhammad S. Hussain, Hans Eiberg, Lars Hansen, Klaus Wilbrandt Kjaer, Jay Gopalakrishnan, Lotte Bang Pedersen, Kjeld Møllgård, Henrik Nielsen, Shahid. M. Baig, Niels Tommerup, Søren Tvorup Christensen, Lars Allan Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19658-0