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Altered enamelin phosphorylation site causes amelogenesis imperfecta.
Journal of dental research - 1 Jul 2010
Chan H-C, Mai L, Oikonomopoulou A, Chan H L, Richardson A S, Wang S-K, Simmer J P, Hu J C-C
Abstract excerpt
Defects in the enamelin gene (ENAM) cause amelogenesis imperfecta (AI). Our objective was to identify the genetic etiology of enamel hypoplasia in a Caucasian proband. Our hypothesis was that ENAM was defective. The proband and his father have an AG insertion (g.13185_13186insAG; p.422FsX448) in ENAM previously identified in AI kindreds from Slovenia and Turkey. The proband, his brother, and his mother have a...
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