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The Notch ligands DLL1 and JAG2 act synergistically to regulate hair cell development in the mammalian inner ear.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Oct 2005
Kiernan Amy E, Cordes Ralf, Kopan Raphael, Gossler Achim, Gridley Thomas
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The mammalian auditory sensory epithelium, the organ of Corti, contains sensory hair cells and nonsensory supporting cells arranged in a highly patterned mosaic. Notch-mediated lateral inhibition is the proposed mechanism for creating this sensory mosaic. Previous work has shown that mice lacking the Notch ligand JAG2 differentiate supernumerary hair cells in the cochlea, consistent with the lateral inhibitory...
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