Molecular genetics of tooth development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 504-510

  Bei, Marianna ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; AMELOBLASTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; DENTIN MATRIX PROTEIN 1; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 20; NOGGIN; PROTEIN P63; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SPROUTY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODONTOGENESIS; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; TOOTH;

EID: 71849093620     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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