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. 1981 Oct;1(10):771-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01114799.

Dental enamel matrix: sequences of two amelogenin polypeptides

A G Fincham, A B Belcourt, J D Termine, W T Butler, W C Cothran

Dental enamel matrix: sequences of two amelogenin polypeptides

A G Fincham et al. Biosci Rep. 1981 Oct.

Abstract

The amino acid sequences of a leucine-rich amelogenin polypeptide (LRAP) and a tyrosine-rich amelogenin polypeptide (TRAP), isolated from foetal bovine enamel matrix, were determined. Both LRAP and TRAP occurred in two forms; in each case, one of the molecular species appeared to be shortened at the COOH terminus by 2 and 4 residues, respectively. A striking finding was that LRAP and TRAP had identical sequences for the first 33 residues but were almost completely different for the remaining 12 amino acids.

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