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Association between the lack of teeth and the expression of myosins in masticatory muscles of microphthalmic mouse.
Cell biochemistry and function - 1 Jan 2012
Nariyama Megumi, Kota Yuki, Kaneko Syuhei, Asada Yoshinobu, Yamane Akira
Abstract excerpt
The purposes of the present study were to elucidate the influences of the deficiency of teeth on masticatory muscles, such as the masseter, temporalis and digastric muscles and compare the influence among masticatory muscles. We analysed the expressions of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoform messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein in these muscles in the microphthalmic (mi/mi) mouse, whose teeth cannot erupt because of a...
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