The hedgehog gene family in Drosophila and vertebrate development.
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The segment polarity gene hedgehog plays a central role in cell patterning during embryonic and post-embryonic development of the dipteran, Drosophila melanogaster. Recent studies have identified a family of hedgehog related genes in vertebrates; one of these, Sonic hedgehog is implicated in positional signalling processes that show interesting similarities with those controlled by its Drosophila homologue.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Development (Cambridge, England). Supplement
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تاریخ انتشار 1994