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Mice with a targeted mutation of patched2 are viable but develop alopecia and epidermal hyperplasia.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Sept 2006
Nieuwenhuis Erica, Motoyama Jun, Barnfield Paul C, Yoshikawa Yoshiaki, Zhang Xiaoyun, Mo Rong, Crackower Michael A, Hui Chi-Chung
Abstract excerpt
Hedgehog (Hh) signaling plays pivotal roles in tissue patterning and development in Drosophila melanogaster and vertebrates. The Patched1 (Ptc1) gene, encoding the Hh receptor, is mutated in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, a human genetic disorder associated with developmental abnormalities and increased incidences of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and medulloblastoma (MB). Ptc1 mutations also occur in sporadic...
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