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CEP152

Centrosomal protein of 152 kDa, also known as Cep152, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CEP152 gene.[1] It is the ortholog of the Drosophila melanogaster gene asterless (asl) and both are required for centriole duplication.[2]

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References

  1. “Entrez Gene: centrosomal protein 152kDa”.
  2. Blachon S, Gopalakrishnan J, Omori Y, Polyanovsky A, Church A, Nicastro D, Malicki J, Avidor-Reiss T (December 2008). “Drosophila asterless and vertebrate Cep152 Are orthologs essential for centriole duplication”. Genetics. 180 (4): 2081–94. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.095141. PMC 2600943. PMID 18854586.
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