Medical Definition of Immotile cilia syndrome
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Congenital defect in dynein (either absent or inactive) that leads to male sterility and poor bronchial function. Interestingly, nonciliated cells show altered locomotion and 50% of patients have Kartagener's syndrome.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immotile Cilia Syndrome
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