The mechanisms of Hedgehog signalling and its roles in development and disease

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 418-431

  Briscoe, James ^a   Thérond, Pascal P ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CI PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLONING; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIPIDATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879414522     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3598     Document Type: Review

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