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SUBMITTER: Sanii B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4213250 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sanii B B Martinez-Avila O O Simpliciano C C Zuckermann R N RN Habelitz S S
Journal of dental research 20140721 9
The recent discovery of conditions that induce nanoribbon structures of amelogenin protein in vitro raises questions about their role in enamel formation. Nanoribbons of recombinant human full-length amelogenin (rH174) are about 17 nm wide and self-align into parallel bundles; thus, they could act as templates for crystallization of nanofibrous apatite comprising dental enamel. Here we analyzed the secondary structures of nanoribbon amelogenin by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform inf ...[more]