amelogenin

Chakrabarti's other recent work is on self-assembly of amelogenin bio-macromolecules.

Amelogenin is a member of a family of extracellular matrix proteins.

Amelogenin is the name for a series of closely related proteins involved in amelogenesis, the development of enamel.

The researchers learned that a portion of its main protein, amelogenin, takes a peculiar twisted tube-like shape called a beta spiral.

"I did an amelogenin test-it's the one we run on nuclear DNA to determine gender.

AMELY is a gene which encodes a form of amelogenin found on the Y chromosome.

Amelogenesis imperfecta is due to the malfunction of the proteins in the enamel: ameloblastin, enamelin, tuftelin and amelogenin.

Among other organisms, amelogenin is well conserved among eutherians, and has homologs in monotremes, reptiles and amphibians.

Scientists in Japan worked out the complete chemical profile of amelogenin, determining in their correct order the sequence of all the amino acids that make up the protein.

Markers commonly used include amelogenin, SRY and ZFX/ZFY.

Ameloblasts are cells which secrete the enamel proteins enamelin and amelogenin which will later mineralize to form enamel on teeth, the hardest substance in the human body.

AMELY/AMELX (amelogenin)

The protein encoded by this gene degrades amelogenin, the major protein component of dental enamel matrix, and so the protein is thought to play a role in tooth enamel formation.

Other sources of amelogenin variation arise from the various isoforms of AMELX obtained from alternative splicing of mRNA transcripts.

Amelogenin, Y isoform is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AMELY (amelogenin, Y-linked) gene.

A commercially prepared and purified extract of enamel matrix proteins, EMD is composed primarily of amelogenin and has been shown to promote PDL fibroblast proliferation and growth.