Browsing Dentistry by Subject "Theses--Dentistry"
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Identification and characterization of type II collagen mutations
(1998)Collagen type II is a prototypic fibrillar collagen. It is the main structural protein of articular cartilage and the cartilaginous enlage of endochondral bone development. One way to study the normal structure and function ... -
Lipid A heterogeneity within Porphyromonas gingivalis and other oral bacteria: effect of lipid A content on hTLR4 utilization and E-selectin expression
(2005)Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an outer membrane molecule for virtually all Gram-negative bacteria. Specific components of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecule, once thought to be highly conserved, are in some bacterial ... -
The role of retinoic acid receptors in oral epithelial differentiation
(1997)Retinoic acid (RA) is important for regulation of epithelial differentiation. RA exerts its effects via nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs), which act as transcription factors for numerous genes. Three RAR subtypes have, ...