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Disruption of the palatal rugae pattern in Tabby (eda) mutant mice.
European journal of oral sciences - 1 Dec 2007
Charles Cyril, Pantalacci Sophie, Peterkova Renata, Peterka Miroslav, Laudet Vincent, Viriot Laurent
Abstract excerpt
The eda mouse gene is linked with anomalies of ectodermal derivatives, such as hair, glands, and teeth. The palatal rugae (oral mucosa foldings on the hard palate) are also ectodermal derivatives. Therefore, we searched for and compared palatal rugae anomalies of Tabby mice bearing a mutation in the eda gene with their wild-type counterparts. We compared the number and shape of palatal rugae in 179 mutant and 102...
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