Mutational Analysis of Candidate Genes in 24 Amelogenesis
Eur J Oral Sci 2006; 114 (Suppl. 1): 3–12 Copyright Ó Eur J Oral Sci 2006 Printed in Singapore. All rights reserved European Journal of Oral Sciences Jung-Wook Kim1,2, James P. Mutational analysis of candidate genes Simmer1, Brent P.-L. Lin3, Figen Seymen4, John D. Bartlett5, Jan C.-C. in 24 amelogenesis imperfecta families Hu1 1University of Michigan School of Dentistry, University of Michigan Dental Research 2 Kim J-W, Simmer JP, Lin BP-L, Seymen F, Bartlett JD, Hu JC-C. Mutational analysis Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Seoul National University, College of Dentistry, of candidate genes in 24 amelogenesis imperfecta families. Eur J Oral Sci 2006; 114 Department of Pediatric Dentistry & Dental (Suppl. 1): 3–12 Ó Eur J Oral Sci, 2006 Research Institute, Seoul, Korea; 3UCSF School of Dentistry, Department of Growth and Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a heterogeneous group of inherited defects in dental Development, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4 enamel formation. The malformed enamel can be unusually thin, soft, rough and University of Istanbul, Faculty of Dentistry, stained. The strict definition of AI includes only those cases where enamel defects Department of Pedodontics, apa, Istanbul, Turkey; 5The Forsyth Institute, Harvard-Forsyth occur in the absence of other symptoms. Currently, there are seven candidate genes for Department of Oral Biology, Boston, MA, USA AI: amelogenin, enamelin, ameloblastin, tuftelin, distal-less homeobox 3, enamelysin, and kallikrein 4. To identify sequence variations in AI candidate genes in patients with isolated enamel defects, and to deduce the likely effect of each sequence variation on Jan C.-C.
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