Amelogenin, Y isoform is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AMELYgene.[5][6]AMELY is located on the Y chromosome and encodes a form of amelogenin. Amelogenin is an extracellular matrix protein involved in biomineralization during tooth enamel development.
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Human AMELY genome location and AMELY gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
Further reading
Nakahori Y, Tamura T, Nagafuchi S, et al. (1991). "Molecular cloning and mapping of 10 new probes on the human Y chromosome". Genomics. 9 (4): 765–9. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(91)90373-M. PMID 2037302.
Lau EC, Mohandas TK, Shapiro LJ, et al. (1989). "Human and mouse amelogenin gene loci are on the sex chromosomes". Genomics. 4 (2): 162–8. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(89)90295-4. PMID 2737677.
Chen AP, Chen Y, Wang HP, et al. (2007). "[Types and frequencies of variants in Amelogenin gene in Chinese population]". Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi. 24 (6): 615–9. PMID 18067069.
Yong RY, Gan LS, Chang YM, Yap EP (2007). "Molecular characterization of a polymorphic 3-Mb deletion at chromosome Yp11.2 containing the AMELY locus in Singapore and Malaysia populations". Hum. Genet. 122 (3–4): 237–49. doi:10.1007/s00439-007-0389-0. PMID 17588179.
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