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Mutation of ameloblastin gene in calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor.
Anticancer research - 1 Aug 2009
Perdigão Paôlla Freitas, Carvalho Vinicius Magalhães, DE Marco Luiz, Gomez Ricardo Santiago
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BACKGROUND: Ameloblastin (AMBN) gene expresses an important protein that acts as a cell adhesion molecule. This protein plays an important role in maintaining the ameloblast secretory stage of differentiation by binding to them and inhibiting their proliferation. Due to the relationship of this protein in the differentiation and proliferation of odontogenic cells, here, we investigated this gene in different...
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