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SUBMITTER: Tian Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4662618 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tian Ye Y Ma Pan P Liu Chao C Yang Xiudong X Crawford Derrick M DM Yan Wenjuan W Bai Ding D Qin Chunlin C Wang Xiaofang X
European journal of oral sciences 20151014 6
Tooth formation is tightly regulated by epithelial-mesenchymal interactions via hierarchic cascades of signaling molecules. The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains covalently attached to the core protein of proteoglycans (PGs) provide docking sites for signaling molecules and their receptors during the morphogenesis of tissues and organs. Although PGs are believed to play important roles in tooth formation, little is known about their exact functions in this developmental process and the relevant mol ...[more]