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Figure 2. Comparison of Xenopus, mouse and chicken hedgehog sequences. Sequence comparison at the amino acid level is displayed for Xenopus hedgehog (Xhh), mouse sonic hedgehog (M-Shh) (17), chicken sonic hedgehog (C-Shh) (20), mouse Indian hedgehog (M-Lhh) (17) and mouse Desert hedgehog (M-Dhh) (17). Blanks in the sequence indicate identical amino acids as compared with Xhh. Gaps represented by dots were introduced to allow for the best alignment. Xhh is 71% identical to M-Shh, 73% to C-Shh, 60% to M-Ihh and 54% to M-Dhh. The termination codons are marked by asterisks (*). The predicted site of signal peptide cleavage is marked with an arrow (57). The triple repeat amino acid sequence unique to Xhh is underlined. Image published in: Stolow MA and Shi YB (1995) Copyright © 1995. Image reproduced with permission of the publisher and the copyright holder. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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