The patched gene in development and cancer

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-94

  Ingham, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031935086     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80067-1     Document Type: Article

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