Sonic hedgehog signaling directly targets Hyaluronic Acid Synthase 2, an essential regulator of phalangeal joint patterning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-171

  Liu, Jiang ^a   Li, Qiang ^b   Kuehn, Michael R ^c   Litingtung, Ying ^a   Vokes, Steven A ^b   Chiang, Chin ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Gli factors; Hyaluronic acid synthase; Joint patterning; Limb; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHONDROGENESIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TARGETING; HAS2 GENE; HINDLIMB; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84874251615     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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