Molecular evidence for precambrian origin of amelogenin, the major protein of vertebrate enamel

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2146-2153

  Delgado, Sidney ^a   Casane, Didier ^b   Bonnaud, Laure ^a,c   Laurin, Michel ^a   Sire, Jean Yves ^a   Girondot, Marc ^a,d  

^a UMR 8570 (CNRSMNHN)   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Cambrian explosion; Enamel; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA; OSTEONECTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENAMEL; EXON; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLEIOTROPY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0035215070     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003760     Document Type: Article

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