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JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 84, Issue 2, Pages 144-148Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/154405910508400207
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enamel; amelogenin; amelogenesis imperfecta; AMELX; sex chromosomes
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- NIDCR NIH HHS [DE-11301] Funding Source: Medline
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Amelogenin is the major enamel matrix component in developing teeth. In eutherian mammals, amelogenin is expressed from the X chromosome only, or from both the X and Y chromosomes. Two classes of porcine amelogenin cDNA clones have been characterized, but the chromosomal localization of the gene(s) encoding them is unknown. To determine if there are sex-based differences in the expression of porcine amelogenin, we paired PCR primers for exons 1a, 1b, 7a, and 7b, and amplified enamel organ-derived cDNA separately from porcine males and females. The results show that exons 1a/2a and 7a are always together and can be amplified from both males (XY) and females (XX). Exons 1b/2b and 7b are also always paired, but can be amplified only from females. We conclude that porcine amelogenin is expressed from separate genes on the X and Y chromosomes, and not, as previously proposed, from a single gene with two promoters.
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