Cranial suture biology and dental development: Genetic and clinical perspectives

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 447-455

  De Coster, P J ^a,b   Mortier, G ^a   Marks, L A ^b   Martens, L C ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Craniosynostosis; Fibroblast growth factor; Odontogenesis; Suture biology; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST;

CLEFT PALATE; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPODONTIA; INVAGINATED TOOTH; LIMB DEFORMITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPHRINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ODONTOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 34547667023     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00553.x     Document Type: Review

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