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Aberrant cementum phenotype associated with the hypophosphatemic hyp mouse.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Aug 2009
Fong H, Chu E Y, Tompkins K A, Foster B L, Sitara D, Lanske B, Somerman M J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cementogenesis is sensitive to altered local phosphate levels; thus, we hypothesized a cementum phenotype, likely of decreased formation, would be present in the teeth of X-linked hypophosphatemic (Hyp) mice. Mutations in the phosphate-regulating gene with homologies to endopeptidases on the X chromosome (Phex) cause X-linked hypophosphatemia, characterized by rickets, osteomalacia, and...
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