Characterization of inter-crystallite peptides in human enamel rods reveals contribution by the Y allele of amelogenin.

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Proteins of the inter-rod sheath and peptides within the narrow inter-crystallite space of the rod structure are considered largely responsible for visco-elastic and visco-plastic properties of enamel. The present study was designed to investigate putative peptides of the inter-crystallite space. Entities of 1-6 kDa extracted from enamel rods of erupted permanent teeth were analysed by mass spectrometry (MS) and...

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