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Hedgehog-stimulated chemotaxis is mediated by smoothened located outside the primary cilium.
Science signaling - 21 Aug 2012
Bijlsma Maarten F, Damhofer Helene, Roelink Henk
Abstract excerpt
Regulation of the Hedgehog (Hh) pathway relies on an interaction of two receptors. In the absence of Hh, Patched1 (Ptch1) inhibits the pathway. Binding of the ligand Hh to Ptch1 stimulates the localization of the activating receptor Smoothened (Smo) to the primary cilium, which is required for the transcriptional Hh response. Hh can also induce chemotaxis through a nontranscriptional pathway. We assessed the...
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