Expression of tenascin in mouse tooth |
| Species: mouse |
| Tooth: lower molar |
| Method: immunochemistry, antibody: polyclonal |
Bud stage | |
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Expression: basement membrane, dental mesenchyme No expression: oral epithelium, dental epithelium |
Cap stage | |
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Expression: basement membrane, dental papilla, dental sac No expression: oral epithelium, outer enamel epithelium, inner enamel epithelium, enamel knot, stellate reticulum |
Bell stage | |
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Expression: oral epithelium, basement membrane, dental papilla No expression: outer enamel epithelium, inner enamel epithelium, stratum intermedia, stellate reticulum, dental sac |
Secretory stage | |
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Expression: dental papilla, odontoblasts No expression: outer enamel epithelium, stratum intermedia, stellate reticulum, ameloblasts, enamel, dental sac, predentin, dentin Staining in the intercellular spaces of the dental papilla.. | |
| No dental abnormalities noted in transgenic mice deficient in tenascin (Saga et al., 1992). |
| Source references: |
| Thesleff,I., Mackie,E., Vainio,S., and, Chiquet-Ehrismann,R. (1987) Development 101(2):289-296 |
| Other references: |
| Vainio,S., Jalkanen,M., and, Thesleff,I. (1989) Journal of Cell Biology 108(5):1945-1953 |
| Vainio,S., and, Thesleff,I. (1992) Differentiation 50(2):97-105 |
| Saga,Y., Yagi,T., Ikawa,Y., Sakakura,T., and, Aizawa,S. (1992) Genes & Development 6(10):1821-1831 |