Cellular and molecular mechanisms of tooth root development

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Jingyuan Li1,2, Carolina Parada1, Yang Chai3

  • 1Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.

Development (Cambridge, England)
|February 2, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
OdontogenesisRootSignaling networkStem cells and tissue regenerationTooth

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