Patterned distribution of differentiating dental cells: facts and hypotheses.
Differentiation of odontoblasts and ameloblasts occurs according to a tooth specific timing and spatial pattern. Both specific epigenesis and specific cell kinetics are involved. An integrated, simplified, working hypothesis explaining pattern formation is summarized.
Institut de Biologie Medicale, INSERM-Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
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D000565:Ameloblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D006801:Humans; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009805:Odontogenesis / Q000502:physiology*