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The Drosophila ortholog of the human Wnt inhibitor factor Shifted controls the diffusion of lipid-modified Hedgehog.
Developmental cell - 1 Feb 2005
Gorfinkiel Nicole, Sierra Javier, Callejo Ainhoa, Ibañez Carmen, Guerrero Isabel
Abstract excerpt
The Hedgehog (Hh) family of morphogenetic proteins has important instructional roles in metazoan development and human diseases. Lipid modified Hh is able to migrate to and program cells far away from its site of production despite being associated with membranes. To investigate the Hh spreading mechanism, we characterized Shifted (Shf) as a component in the Drosophila Hh pathway. We show that Shf is the ortholog...
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