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Preferred Name

Ameloblast

Synonyms

Ameloblasts

Ameloblast

Definitions

A columnar epithelial cell located in the inner layer of the enamel organ of a developing tooth that plays a role in calcium transport and the synthesis and resorption of enamel matrix proteins.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12579

code

C12579

DEFINITION

A columnar epithelial cell located in the inner layer of the enamel organ of a developing tooth that plays a role in calcium transport and the synthesis and resorption of enamel matrix proteins.

Display_Name

Ameloblast

FULL_SYN

Ameloblasts

Ameloblast

label

Ameloblast

Legacy Concept Name

Ameloblast

Preferred_Name

Ameloblast

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C12579

Semantic_Type

Cell

UMLS_CUI

C0002449

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12578

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33793

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