The patched signaling pathway in tumorigenesis and development: Lessons from animal models

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 459-468

  Hahn, Heidi ^a,b   Wojnowski, Leszek ^b,c   Miller, Georgina ^d   Zimmer, Andreas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Epidauros Biotechnologie AG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Embryogenesis; Medulloblastoma; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032780648     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001099900018     Document Type: Review

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