Interactions between Hedgehog proteins and their binding partners come into view

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2001-2012

  Beachy, Philip A ^a   Hymowitz, Sarah G ^b   Lazarus, Robert A ^b   Leahy, Daniel J ^c   Siebold, Christian ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cdo; Hedgehog; Hedgehog receptor; Hhip; Ihog; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEPARIN; LIPID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 5E1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HHIP PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PATCHED RECEPTORS;

COVALENT BOND; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ERINACEIDAE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956814604     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1951710     Document Type: Review

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