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Roles of Bmp4 during tooth morphogenesis and sequential tooth formation.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 15 Jan 2013
Jia Shihai, Zhou Jing, Gao Yang, Baek Jin-A, Martin James F, Lan Yu, Jiang Rulang
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested that Bmp4 is a key Msx1-dependent mesenchymal odontogenic signal for driving tooth morphogenesis through the bud-to-cap transition. Whereas all tooth germs were arrested at the bud stage in Msx1(-/-) mice, we show that depleting functional Bmp4 mRNAs in the tooth mesenchyme, through neural crest-specific gene inactivation in Bmp4(f/f);Wnt1Cre mice, caused mandibular molar...
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