| Term: | pterotic smoothened signaling pathway |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | pterotic |
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| Synonyms: | autopterotic |
| Definition: | Paired cartilage bone that contacts the autosphenotic anteriorly, the parietal dorsally, the prootic ventrally, and the epiotic and exoccipital posteriorly. The pterotic encloses the horizontal semicircular canal of the inner ear. The lower edge of the pterotic contributes to the hyomandibular facet. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000576] |
| Name: | smoothened signaling pathway |
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| Synonyms: | hedgehog signaling pathway, hh signaling pathway, hh signalling pathway, Shh signaling pathway, smoothened signalling pathway, Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway |
| Definition: | The series of molecular signals generated as a consequence of activation of the transmembrane protein Smoothened. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007224] QuickGO AmiGO |