Hedgehog and its Patched-Smoothened receptor complex: A novel signalling mechanism at the cell surface

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 583-590

  Alcedo, Joy ^a   Noll, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constitutive signalling; Ligand regulated receptor repressor

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030743317     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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