The intracellular region of Notch ligands: does the tail make the difference?

Autor: Pongor Sándor, Ivanova Neli, Popovic Matija, De Biasio Alfredo, Pintar Alessandro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Biology Direct, Vol 2, Iss 1, p 19 (2007)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1745-6150
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-2-19
Popis: Abstract The cytoplasmic tail of Notch ligands drives endocytosis, mediates association with proteins implicated in the organization of cell-cell junctions and, through regulated intra-membrane proteolysis, is released from the membrane as a signaling fragment. We survey these findings and discuss the role of Notch ligands intracellular region in bidirectional signaling and possibly in signal modulation in mammals. Reviewers This article was reviewed by Frank Eisenhaber, L Aravind, and Eugene V. Koonin.
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