Protein guides cytoneme 'highway' formation to support developmental signaling

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Cytonemes are tendril-like appendages that developing cells use to communicate across large distances. Their cargo—including the key signaling protein Sonic Hedgehog (SHH)—is highly specific, but the mechanisms underlying this specificity were unclear.

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