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Cholesterol-free and cholesterol-bound Hedgehog: Two sparring-partners working hand in hand in the Drosophila wing disc?

Hedgehog (Hh) is a signaling ligand conserved from flies to humans that is covalently bound to both palmitate and cholesterol moieties. These lipid modifications are crucial for Hh signaling. A recent article reports that in both flies and human-cultured cells a cholesterol-free form of Hh (SHh-N*/H...

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Main Authors: Ducuing, Antoine, Querenet, Matthieu
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896491/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23892363
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4161/fly.25655
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