• Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
  • Kenji Matsuno
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
  • Mark E. Fortini
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.

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<jats:p> The Notch/Lin-12/Glp-1 receptor family mediates the specification of numerous cell fates during development in <jats:italic>Drosophila</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Caenorhabditis elegans</jats:italic> . Studies on the expression, mutant phenotypes, and developmental consequences of unregulated receptor activation have implicated these proteins in a general mechanism of local cell signaling, which includes interactions between equivalent cells and between different cell types. Genetic approaches in flies and worms have identified putative components of the signaling cascade, including a conserved family of extracellular ligands and two cellular factors that may associate with the Notch Intracellular domain. One factor, the <jats:italic>Drosophila</jats:italic> Suppressor of Hairless protein, is a DNA-binding protein, which suggests that Notch signaling may involve relatively direct signal transmission from the cell surface to the nucleus. Several vertebrate Notch receptors have also been discovered recently and play important roles in normal development and tumorigenesis. </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 268 (5208), 225-232, 1995-04-14

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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