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A novel disintegrin domain protein affects early cell type specification and pattern formation in Dictyostelium.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2002
Varney Timothy R, Ho Hoa, Petty Chere', Blumberg Daphne D
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The cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum is a non-metazoan organism, yet we now demonstrate that a disintegrin domain-containing protein, the product of the ampA gene, plays a role in cell type specification. Disintegrin domain-containing proteins are involved in Notch signaling in Drosophila and C. elegans via an ectodomain shedding mechanism that depends on a metalloprotease domain. The Dictyostelium...
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