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Isl1 Controls Patterning and Mineralization of Enamel in the Continuously Renewing Mouse Incisor.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Nov 2017
Naveau Adrien, Zhang Bin, Meng Bo, Sutherland McGarrett T, Prochazkova Michaela, Wen Timothy, Marangoni Pauline, Jones Kyle B, Cox Timothy C, Ganss Bernhard, Jheon Andrew H, Klein Ophir D
Abstract excerpt
Rodents are characterized by continuously renewing incisors whose growth is fueled by epithelial and mesenchymal stem cells housed in the proximal compartments of the tooth. The epithelial stem cells reside in structures known as the labial (toward the lip) and lingual (toward the tongue) cervical loops (laCL and liCL, respectively). An important feature of the rodent incisor is that enamel, the outer, highly...
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