Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 54, Issue 11 , Pages 1002-1007 , November 2009

Family-with-sequence-similarity-46, member A (Fam46a) gene is expressed in developing tooth buds

  • Godfrey E. Etokebe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: IOB, University of Oslo, PB-1052 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway. Tel.: +47 228 40316; fax: +47 228 40302.
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  • Axel M. Küchler

      Affiliations

    • LIIPAT, Division of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway
    • Institute of Pathology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Guttorm Haraldsen

      Affiliations

    • LIIPAT, Division of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway
    • Institute of Pathology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Maria Landin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway
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  • Harald Osmundsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway
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  • Zlatko Dembic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway

,Accepted 16 August 2009.

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PII: S0003-9969(09)00205-2

doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2009.08.005

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 54, Issue 11 , Pages 1002-1007 , November 2009

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