Sonic hedgehog protein (SHH, HHG-1) [Cleaved into: Sonic hedgehog protein N-product, Sonic hedgehog protein C-product]
This gene encodes a protein that is instrumental in patterning the early embryo. It has been implicated as the key inductive signal in patterning of the ventral neural tube, the anterior-posterior limb axis, and the ventral somites. Of three human protei