The evolutionary origin of hedgehog proteins

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Adamska, Maja ^a   Matus, David Q ^b   Adamski, Marcin ^a   Green, Kathryn ^a   Rokhsar, Daniel S ^c,d   Martindale, Mark Q ^b   Degnan, Bernard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTOZOON; SEA ANEMONE; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PORIFERA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOA; SEA ANEMONES;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; ERINACEIDAE; METAZOA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34848924648     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.010     Document Type: Letter

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