DLL4

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DLL4
Identifiers
AliasesDLL4, hdelta2, AOS6, delta like canonical Notch ligand 4, delta4
External IDsOMIM: 605185; MGI: 1859388; HomoloGene: 10411; GeneCards: DLL4; OMA:DLL4 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_019074

NM_019454

RefSeq (protein)

NP_061947

NP_062327

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 40.93 – 40.94 MbChr 2: 119.16 – 119.17 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Delta-like 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLL4 gene.[5][6]

This gene is a homolog of the Drosophila delta gene. The delta gene family encodes Notch ligands that are characterized by a DSL domain, EGF repeats, and a transmembrane domain.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000128917Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027314Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Shutter JR, Scully S, Fan W, Richards WG, Kitajewski J, Deblandre GA, Kintner CR, Stark KL (June 2000). "Dll4, a novel Notch ligand expressed in arterial endothelium". Genes & Development. 14 (11): 1313–8. doi:10.1101/gad.14.11.1313. PMC 316657. PMID 10837024.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: DLL4 delta-like 4 (Drosophila)".

Further reading

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9NR61 (Delta-like protein 4) at the PDBe-KB.