Crystal structure of a Hedgehog autoprocessing domain: Homology between Hedgehog and self-splicing proteins

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-97

  Tanaka Hall, Traci M ^a   Porter, Jeffery A ^a,c   Young, Keith E ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^b   Beachy, Philip A ^a   Leahy, Daniel J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Ontgeny Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CHLOROPLAST; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEDGEHOG; INVERTEBRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ERINACEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342813091     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)80011-8     Document Type: Article

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