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Defects in mouse mammary gland development caused by conditional haploinsufficiency of Patched-1.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 1999
Lewis M T, Ross S, Strickland P A, Sugnet C W, Jimenez E, Scott M P, Daniel C W
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In vertebrates, the hedgehog family of cell signaling proteins and associated downstream network components play an essential role in mediating tissue interactions during development and organogenesis. Loss-of-function or misexpression mutation of hedgehog network components can cause birth defects, skin cancer and other tumors. The mammary gland is a specialized skin derivative requiring epithelial-epithelial...
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