Sonic hedgehog: Making the gradient

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Bumcrot, DA
McMahon, AP
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CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY | 1996年 / 3卷 / 01期
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10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90077-0
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The amino-terminal peptide of Sonic hedgehog is a cell-tethered molecule, which nevertheless seems to provide a developmental signal that acts at a distance and has different effects depending on its concentration. Recent structural data suggest that zinc-dependent proteolysis may somehow be involved in Sonic hedgehog's function.
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