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Contact
information:
Telephone: (514) 398-7203
e-mail address:
mari.kaartinen@mcgill.ca
website:
http://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/research/kaartinen/
Projects for Thesis
Supervision:
1. Synergistic function of transglutaminase 2
and factor XIIIA in bone formation.
2. The role of osteocalcin and transglutaminase
and bone formation inhibitor.
3. Transglutaminases and fibronectin assembly.
Recent
Publications:
Nourminskaya M,
Kaartinen MT.
Transglutaminases in mineralized tissues. Frontiers in Bioscience. 11:
1591-1606, 2006.
Al-Jallad HF, Nakano Y, Chen JLY, McMillan E,
Lefebvre C, Kaartinen MT.
Transglutaminase activity
regulates osteoblast differentiation and matrix mineralization in
MC3T3-E1 osteoblast cells. Matrix Biology. 25: 135-148, 2006.
Kaartinen MT,
Wei Sun S, Kaipatur N, McKee MD.
Transglutaminase crosslinking of SIBLING proteins in teeth. J Dent Res.
84: 607-612, 2005.
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