Skip to main content

Table 2 Summary of BBS phenotypes

From: ParameciumBBS genes are key to presence of channels in Cilia

RNAi

Changes in cilia length

Long backward swimming in 30 mM KCl

Long backward swimming in Na+and Mg2+TEA solutions

Disrupted conductance

BBS1

Longer

No

√

IK(Ca)

BBS2

No

No

No

none

BBS3

Short

√

√

IK(Ca), IK(V)

BBS4

Short

No

√

IK(Ca)

BBS5

No

√

No

IK(V)

BBS7

Short and missing

No

√

IK(Ca)

BBS8

Short

No

√

IK(Ca)

BBS9

Short and missing

No

√

IK(Ca)