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Compounded PHOSPHO1/ALPL deficiencies reduce dentin mineralization.
Journal of dental research - 1 Aug 2013
McKee M D, Yadav M C, Foster B L, Somerman M J, Farquharson C, Millán J L
Abstract excerpt
Phosphatases are involved in bone and tooth mineralization, but their mechanisms of action are not completely understood. Tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP, ALPL) regulates inhibitory extracellular pyrophosphate through its pyrophosphatase activity to control mineral propagation in the matrix; mice without TNAP lack acellular cementum, and have mineralization defects in dentin, enamel, and bone....
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