Absolute requirement of cholesterol binding for Hedgehog gradient formation in Drosophila

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 596-604

  Ducuing, Antoine ^a   Mollereau, Bertrand ^a   Axelrod, Jeffrey D ^b   Vincent, Stephane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Drosophila; Gradient; Hedgehog; Patterning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965080920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20134952     Document Type: Article

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