Primary Identifier | MGI:1924386 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 19 | NCBI Gene Number | 208518 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Involved in cilium organization; flagellated sperm motility; and protein localization to cilium. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in centriole; centrosome; and ciliary basal body. Is expressed in eye. Orthologous to human CEP78 (centrosomal protein 78). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for null mutations exhibit male infertility associated with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia and impairments in retina photoreceptors and/or outer hair cells of the cochlea. [provided by MGI curators] |