LIN-12/Notch signaling in C. elegans.
Receptors of the LIN-12/Notch family mediate cell-cell interactions during animal development, and aberrations in LIN-12/Notch signaling have been implicated in human disease. Studies in C. elegans have been instrumental in defining the basic features of the LIN-12/Notch pathway, the role of LIN-12/Notch proteins as receptors for intercellular signals, the mechanism of signal transduction, and the regulation of LIN-12/Notch signaling during cell fate decisions. This chapter is focused on detailing how the "awesome power of C. elegans genetics" has identified many core components and modulators of LIN-12/Notch activity.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. greenwald@cancercenter.columbia.edu
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D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C060620:Glp-1 protein, C elegans; C082460:Lin-12 protein, C elegans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051880:Receptors, Notch