Carmen C. Leitch

Identification of a Novel Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Protein, BBS7, That Shares Structural Features with BBS1 and BBS2

Badano, José L., Ansley, Stephen J., Leitch, Carmen C., Lewis, Richard Alan, Lupski, James R., Katsanis, Nicholas

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder, the primary features of which include obesity, retinal dystrophy, polydactyly, hypogenitalism, learning difficulties, and renal...

Identification of a Novel BBS Gene (BBS12) Highlights the Major Role of a Vertebrate-Specific Branch of Chaperonin-Related Proteins in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

Stoetzel, Corinne, Muller, Jean, Laurier, Virginie, Davis, Erica E., Zaghloul, Norann A., Vicaire, Serge, ...

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is primarily an autosomal recessive ciliopathy characterized by progressive retinal degeneration, obesity, cognitive impairment, polydactyly, and kidney anomalies. The...

An Essential Role for DYF-11/MIP-T3 in Assembling Functional Intraflagellar Transport Complexes

Li, Chunmei, Inglis, Peter N., Leitch, Carmen C., Efimenko, Evgeni, Zaghloul, Norann A., Mok, Calvin A., ...

MIP-T3 is a human protein found previously to associate with microtubules and the kinesin-interacting neuronal protein DISC1 (Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1), but whose cellular function(s) remains...