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A neurodegenerative disease affecting synaptic connections in Drosophila mutant for the tumor suppressor morphogen Patched.
Developmental biology - 1 Oct 2009
Gazi Michal, Shyamala Baragur V, Bhat Krishna Moorthi
Abstract excerpt
The tumor suppressor morphogen, Patched (Ptc), has an extensive homology to the Niemann-Pick-C 1 (NPC1) protein. The NPC disease is a paediatric, progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder thought to be due to an abnormal accumulation of cholesterol in neurons. Here, we report that patched...
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