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SUBMITTER: Chen B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2882240 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen B B Goodman E E Lu Z Z Bandyopadhyay A A Magraw C C He T T Raghavan S S
Journal of dental research 20090601 6
Integrin beta1 is critical for basement membrane organization and hair follicle morphogenesis in the skin epidermis; however, less is known about its function in the developing oral epithelium. Since the skin and oral epithelia share structural similarity, we hypothesized that beta1 integrin function would be critical for the normal development of oral epithelium and tooth buds. The conditional (oral mucosa-specific) beta1 integrin knockout (KO) mice displayed severe disruption of the basement m ...[more]