The Adventures of Sonic Hedgehog in Development and Repair. III. Hedgehog processing and biological activity

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Farzan, Shohreh F ^a   Singh, Samer ^a   Schilling, Neal S ^a   Robbins, David J ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HB 7650 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Morphogen; Review

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; MUTATION; MYELINATION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; CHOLESTEROL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PALMITIC ACID; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 42049104913     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00564.2007     Document Type: Review

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