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Disruption of gastrulation and heparan sulfate biosynthesis in EXT1-deficient mice.
Developmental biology - 15 Aug 2000
Lin X, Wei G, Shi Z, Dryer L, Esko J D, Wells D E, Matzuk M M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the EXT1 gene are responsible for human hereditary multiple exostosis type 1. The Drosophila EXT1 homologue, tout-velu, regulates Hedgehog diffusion and signaling, which play an important role in tissue patterning during both invertebrate and vertebrate development. The EXT1 protein is also required for the biosynthesis of heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans that bind Hedgehog. In this study, we...
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