An overview of Notch3 function in vascular smooth muscle cells
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An overview of Notch3 function in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Proteins of the Notch family are cell surface receptors that transduce signals between neighbouring cells. The Notch signalling pathway is highly evolutionarily conserved and critical for cell fate determination during embryonic development, including many aspects of vascular development. The interaction of Notch receptors with ligands leads to cleavage of the Notch intracellular domain (NICD) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0079-6107
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2007.07.006