Switched-on Sonic hedgehog: A gene whose activity extends beyond fetal development - To oncogenesis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-423

  Arsić, Dejan ^a   Beasley, Spencer W ^a,b   Sullivan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fetus; Oncogenesis; Sonic hedgehog; VATER association

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN TUMOR;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; ORGANOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 34249079677     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01104.x     Document Type: Review

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