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Enamelin is an
enamel matrix protein (EMPs), that in
humans is
encoded by the ENAM gene. It is part of the non-amelogenins,
which comprise 10% of the total...
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extracellular matrix protein, which,
together with ameloblastins,
enamelins and tuftelins,
direct the
mineralization of
enamel to form a
highly organized...
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contain two
unique classes of proteins:
amelogenins and
enamelins.
While the role of
these proteins is not
fully understood, it is believed...
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tooth development.
Other significant proteins in
enamel are amelogenins,
enamelins, and ameloblastins. The
human encoding gene for
tuftelin (TUFT1) was cloned...
- as desmolysis.
Ameloblasts are
cells which secrete the
enamel proteins enamelin and
amelogenin which will
later mineralize to form enamel, the hardest...
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transported into the matrix,
importantly amelogenins, ameloblastins,
enamelins, and tuftelins. The Ca2+
mainly comes from the
enamel organ, and not the...
- is due to the
malfunction of the
proteins in the
enamel (ameloblastin,
enamelin,
tuftelin and amelogenin) as a
result of
abnormal enamel formation via...
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enamel in teeth. In enamel, the
matrix for HA is
formed by
amelogenins and
enamelins instead of collagen.
Hydroxyapatite deposits in
tendons around joints...
- of note in the
development of
enamel are ameloblastins, amelogenins,
enamelins and tuftelins. It is
believed that they aid in the
development of enamel...
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definitively proven.
Other significant proteins in
enamel are amelogenins,
enamelins, and tuftelins.
Mutations in AMBN
cause amelogenesis imperfecta, a disease...
