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Jag2-Notch1 signaling regulates oral epithelial differentiation and palate development.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Jul 2006
Casey Liam M, Lan Yu, Cho Eui-Sic, Maltby Kathleen M, Gridley Thomas, Jiang Rulang
Abstract excerpt
During mammalian palatogenesis, palatal shelves initially grow vertically from the medial sides of the paired maxillary processes flanking the developing tongue and subsequently elevate and fuse with each other above the tongue to form the intact secondary palate. Pathological palate-mandible or palate-tongue fusions have been reported in humans and other mammals, but the molecular and cellular mechanisms that...
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