Hedgehog Signaling: Iguana Debuts as a Nuclear Gatekeeper
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Hedgehog Signaling: Iguana Debuts as a Nuclear Gatekeeper
The intracellular pathway that controls the cytoplasmic versus nuclear distribution of Gli transcriptional regulators in response to Hedgehog signaling remains poorly understood. Iguana appears to play a role in regulating this process independently of Hedgehog signaling.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.08.015