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. 2017 Nov 16;8:932. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00932

Table 3.

Enamel thickness and hardness of adult mandibular molars and incisors.

Genotype N Incisor enamel thickness (μm) Molar enamel thickness (μm) Molar enamel hardness (GPa)
Wild-type (C57BL/6J) 12 119.7 (4.3)x 61.6 (3.8)x 257.4 (64.6)
Amelogenin KO 12 19.1 (5.2)w 11.5 (1.2)w 217.2 (60.0)
M180Tg/CTRNCTg/LRAPTg/KO (++) 4 33.7 (10.9)w x 33.4 (17.2)w x 238 (87.4)
M180Tg/CTRNCTg/LRAPTg/KO (+) 4 28.1 (4.5)w 33.4 (10.9)w x 200.4 (61.6)
M180Tg/CTRNCTg/KO (++) 4 33.7 (11.4)w x 23.7 (4.1)w x 3o 150 (52.3)
M180Tg/CTRNCTg/KO (+) 4 41.6 (10.1)w x 3t 36.0 (7.2)w x 2o 294 (108.6)x
M180Tg/LRAPTg/KO (+)a 6 45.3 (4.5)w x 3o 3t 2o 51.4 (7.6)w x 3o 3t 2o 2t 265.0 (59.9)
CTRNCTg/LRAPTg/KO (+)b 6 53.1 (14.7)w x 3o 3t 2o 2t 41.4 (13.0)w x 3o 3t 2o 190.2 (65.3)w 2t
M180Tg/KO (+)c,d 6 26.8 (9.6)w 2t 43.0 (7.5)w x 3o 3t 2o 291.2 (39.8)x 3t
CTRNCTg/KO (+)e 6 28.1 (11.7)w x 2t 19.6 (3.9)w x 3o 3t 2t 208.0 (75.0)w 2t
LRAPTg/KO (+)f,g 6 24.1 (7.3)w3o 2o 2t 19.0 (2.2)w x 3o 3t 2t 193.3 (66.5)2t

Significant differences (p < 0.05) are indicated as follows: wfrom WT; xfrom Amelogenin KO; 3ofrom M180Tg/CTRNCTg/LRAPTg/KO (++); 3tfrom M180Tg/CTRNCTg/LRAPTg/KO (+); 2ofrom M180Tg/CTRNCTg/KO (++); 2tfrom M180Tg/CTRNCTg/KO (+).

a

Gibson et al. (2011);

b

Xia et al. (2016),

c

Li et al. (2008),

d

Pugach et al. (2013),

e

Pugach et al. (2010),

f

Chen et al. (2003),

g

Gibson et al. (2009).