Abstract
Cell-cell signaling is a central process in the formation of multicellular organisms. Notch (N) is the receptor of a conserved signaling pathway that regulates numerous developmental decisions, and the misregulation of N has been linked to various physiological and developmental disorders. The endocytosis of N and its ligands is a key mechanism by which N-mediated cell-cell signaling is developmentally regulated. We review here the recent findings that have highlighted the importance and complexity of this regulation.
MeSH terms
- Animals
- Cell Communication / physiology*
- Drosophila Proteins
- Endocytosis / physiology*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Juvenile Hormones / metabolism
- Ligands
- Membrane Proteins / metabolism
- Membrane Proteins / physiology*
- Models, Biological*
- Proteins / metabolism
- Receptors, Notch
- Signal Transduction / physiology*
- Ubiquitin / metabolism
- Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein
Substances
- Drosophila Proteins
- Juvenile Hormones
- Ligands
- Membrane Proteins
- Proteins
- Receptors, Notch
- Ubiquitin
- Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein
- numb protein, Drosophila