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• The tumour-suppressor gene patched encodes a candidate receptor for Sonic hedgehog.

  Stone DM, Hynes M, Armanini M, Swanson TA, Gu Q, Johnson RL, Scott MP, Pennica D, Goddard A, Phillips H, Noll M, Hooper JE, de Sauvage F, Rosenthal A. Stone DM, et al. Nature. 1996 Nov 14;384(6605):129-34. doi: 10.1038/384129a0. Nature. 1996. PMID: 8906787
• Biochemical evidence that patched is the Hedgehog receptor.

  Marigo V, Davey RA, Zuo Y, Cunningham JM, Tabin CJ. Marigo V, et al. Nature. 1996 Nov 14;384(6605):176-9. doi: 10.1038/384176a0. Nature. 1996. PMID: 8906794