Secretion and Signaling Activities of Lipoprotein-Associated Hedgehog and Non-Sterol-Modified Hedgehog in Flies and Mammals
Author(s) -
Wilhelm Palm,
Marta M. Swierczynska,
V.K. Krishna Kumari,
Monika EhrhartBornstein,
Stefan R. Bornstein,
Suzanne Eaton
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001505
Subject(s) - biology , hedgehog , hedgehog signaling pathway , microbiology and biotechnology , sterol , smoothened , sonic hedgehog , secretion , lipoprotein , imaginal disc , signal transduction , genetics , gene , biochemistry , cholesterol , phenotype
We identify two distinct Hh secretion forms with complementary signaling activities produced in both mammals and flies: one sterol-modified and lipoprotein-associated, and another lacking sterol modification.
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