title: "Proenamel leads to enamel leads to polypeptides": a concept.
abstract: Our laboratory is interested in determining the number of enamel protein gene products which characterize the ameloblast phenotype, and to what extent these proteins are degraded as a function of enamel maturation. Many investigators have reported a large number of heterogeneous proteins within the enamel matrix (Eggert, Allen and Burgess, 1973; Weidmann and Eyre, 1971). One explanation for this apparent heterogeneity may be the uncertain age of the analyzed enamel matrix; specimens may have undergone degradative processes associated with enamel maturation. To overcome this difficulty, our laboratory selected 26-day embryonic New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit incisor and molar tooth organs to isolate enamel protein(s). At this developmental stage it is possible to identify newly-secreted enamel matrix proteins.
mesh_terms: D000566:Amelogenesis; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003746:Dental Enamel Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003746:Dental Enamel Proteins