Description
Product Characteristics: DLL4 (Delta-like 4) is one of five ligands of Notch receptors. It interacts with Notch1 and Notch4. DLL4 is up-regulated at sites of physiologic and pathologic angiogenesis, whereas its expression is low in most adult normal tissues. It is also highly expressed in human clear-cell renal carcinomas, bladder cancers, and breast cancers. Blocking the DLL4-Notch interaction seems to be a promissing therapeutic approach.
Target Information: 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]