The function and expansion of the Patchedand Hedgehog-related homologs in C. elegans

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1402-1410

  Zugasti, Olivier ^a   Rajan, Jeena ^b   Kuwabara, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN PATCHED; RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PATCHED RECEPTORS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOKINESIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLTING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ERINACEIDAE; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; MOLTING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 25844502073     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3935405     Document Type: Article

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