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An amelogenin mutation leads to disruption of the odontogenic apparatus and aberrant expression of Notch1.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Mar 2011
Chen Xu, Li Yong, Alawi Faizan, Bouchard Jessica R, Kulkarni Ashok B, Gibson Carolyn W
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BACKGROUND: Amelogenins are highly conserved proteins secreted by ameloblasts in the dental organ of developing teeth. These proteins regulate dental enamel thickness and structure in humans and mice. Mice that express an amelogenin transgene with a P70T mutation (TgP70T) develop abnormal epithel...
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