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The Hedgehog signaling pathway is a signaling pathway that transmits information to embryonic cells required for proper cell differentiation. | The Hedgehog signaling pathway is a signaling pathway that transmits information to embryonic cells required for proper cell differentiation. | ||
Mammals have three Hedgehog homologues, Desert (DHH), Indian (IHH), and Sonic (SHH), of which Sonic is the best studied. The pathway is equally important during vertebrate embryonic development and is therefore of interest in evolutionary developmental biology. | Mammals have three Hedgehog homologues, Desert (DHH), Indian (IHH), and Sonic (SHH), of which Sonic is the best studied.<ref>PMID: 7916661</ref> The pathway is equally important during vertebrate embryonic development and is therefore of interest in evolutionary developmental biology. | ||
*[[Sonic Hedgehog]] | |||
*[[Protein patched homolog 1]] (Ptch1) acts as receptor of Sonic Hedgehog protein (Shh) which is involved in formation of embryonic structures. | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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