Interaction between fibronectin and β1 integrin is essential for tooth development.

The dental epithelium and extracellular matrix interact to ensure that cell growth and differentiation lead to the formation of teeth of appropriate size and quality. To determine the role of fibronectin in differentiation of the dental epithelium and tooth formation, we analyzed its expression in d...

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Main Authors: Kan Saito, Emiko Fukumoto, Aya Yamada, Kenji Yuasa, Keigo Yoshizaki, Tsutomu Iwamoto, Masahiro Saito, Takashi Nakamura, Satoshi Fukumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4382024?pdf=render