| Term: | otic vesicle Notch signaling pathway |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | otic vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | otic capsule, otocyst, ov |
| Definition: | Epithelial sac present beside the fifth rhombomere; forms the semicircular canals dorsally and the otolith organs ventrally, and houses the acoustico-vestibular sensory epithelia (maculae) of hair cells. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for ear by T. Whitfield.) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000051] |
| Name: | Notch signaling pathway |
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| Synonyms: | N signaling pathway, N signalling pathway, Notch receptor signaling pathway, Notch receptor signalling pathway, Notch signalling pathway, Notch-receptor signaling pathway, Notch-receptor signalling pathway |
| Definition: | The series of molecular signals initiated by an extracellular ligand binding to the receptor Notch on the surface of a target cell, and ending with the regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007219] QuickGO AmiGO |