To more accurately validate the predicted target genes of miRNAs and exactly determine the cleavage sites within the targets, an integrated strategy comprising RLM-RACE, Poly(A) Polymerase-Mediated (PPM)-RACE, and qRT-PCR was developed.

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ADAM 10 is a matrix metalloprotease, a member

of a class of metal-containing enzymes that cleave the

extracellular segments of target proteins.

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ADAM is an abbreviation for a disintegrin and

Metalloprotease (disintegrin is a conserved protein domain that binds integrins and disrupts cell-matrix interactions)

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Binding of Notch to Delta 

is followed by endocytosis of Delta by the signaling cell

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The force accompanying the movement of Delta into the signaling cell stretches the Notch protein on the responding cell and allowing access by ADAM 10, which cleaves the Notch extracellular domain

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Second cleavage of Notch occurs within membrane-spanning region & catalyzed by γ-secretase

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γ-secretase complex contains 

Presenilin 1 (actual protease), aph-1, pen-2, & nicastrin