Prion Protein (PrP) in Human Teeth: An Unprecedented Pointer to PrP's Function

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-113

  Schneider, Kurt ^a   Korkmaz, Yüksel ^a   Addicks, Klaus ^b   Lang, Hermann ^a   Raab, Wolfgang H M ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; Prion protein (PrP); SEM; teeth

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CEMENTUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; ODONTOBLAST; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH FLORA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMELOGENESIS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEMENTOGENESIS; DENTAL CEMENTUM; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DENTINOGENESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ODONTOBLASTS; PRPC PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TOOTH; TOOTH CALCIFICATION; TOOTH GERM;

EID: 33846393268     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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