TY - T1 - Early epithelial signaling center governs tooth budding morphogenesis SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/174149 T3 - A1 - Ahtiainen, Laura; Uski, Isa; Thesleff, Irma; Mikkola, Marja L. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2016 LA - eng AB - During organogenesis, cell fate specification and patterning are regulated by signaling centers, specialized clusters of morphogen-expressing cells. In many organs, initiation of development is marked by bud formation, but the cellular mechanisms involved are ill defined. Here, we use the mouse incisor tooth as a model to study budding morphogenesis. We show that a group of nonproliferative epithelial cells emerges in the early tooth primordium and identify these cells as a signaling center. Con... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - ECTODERMAL APPENDAGE MORPHOGENESIS; HAIR FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; NF-KAPPA-B; MAMMALIAN TOOTH; ENAMEL KNOT; INCISOR DEVELOPMENT; DENTAL MESENCHYME; SHH EXPRESSION; TABBY MOUSE; ECTODYSPLASIN; 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology N1 - PP - ER -