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Analysis of Notch function in presomitic mesoderm suggests a gamma-secretase-independent role for presenilins in somite differentiation.
Developmental cell - 1 May 2005
Huppert Stacey S, Ilagan Ma Xenia G, De Strooper Bart, Kopan Raphael
Abstract excerpt
The role of Notch signaling in general and presenilin in particular was analyzed during mouse somitogenesis. We visualize cyclical production of activated Notch (NICD) and establish that somitogenesis requires less NICD than any other tissue in early mouse embryos. Indeed, formation of cervical somites proceeds in Notch1; Notch2-deficient embryos. This is in contrast to mice lacking all presenilin alleles, which...
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