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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-15
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Amelogenins are the major proteins involved in tooth enamel formation. In the present study, we have cloned and sequenced four novel amelogenins from three amphibian species in order to analyze similarities and differences between mammalian and non-mammalian amelogenins. The newly sequenced amphibian amelogenin sequences were from a red-eyed tree frog (Litoria chloris) and a Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). We identified two amelogenin isoforms in the Eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus). Sequence comparisons confirmed that non-mammalian amelogenins are overall shorter than their mammalian counterparts, contain less proline and less glutamine, and feature shorter polyproline tripeptide repeat stretches than mammalian amelogenins. We propose that unique sequence parameters of mammalian amelogenins might be a pre-requisite for complex mammalian enamel prism architecture.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1420-2433
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
74-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Amelogenin evolution and tetrapod enamel structure.
pubmed:affiliation
Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. tomdkw@uic.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study