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A mutation in the enamelin gene in a mouse model.
Journal of dental research - 1 Aug 2007
Seedorf H, Klaften M, Eke F, Fuchs H, Seedorf U, Hrabe de Angelis M
Abstract excerpt
Amelogenesis imperfecta is an inherited disorder affecting tooth enamel formation. We previously isolated a mouse strain with an amelogenesis imperfecta phenotype (ATE1 mice) from a dominant ethylnitrosourea screen and mapped the disease-causing defect to a 9-cM region of mouse chromosome 5. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that there is a mutation in enamelin (ENAM) or ameloblastin (AMBN), both of...
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