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ameloblast
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Skeletogenic cell that produces enamel, overlies the odontogenic papilla, and arises from the differentiation of a preameloblast cell. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Term info
Label
ameloblast
Synonyms
- amelocyte
- enamel secreting cell
comment
non-encoded relationship from VSAO produces VSAO:0000066
has alternative id
CL:0000053, CL:0000139
has obo namespace
cell
Term relations
Subclass of:
- secretory cell
- simple columnar epithelial cell
- ecto-epithelial cell
- adjacent_to some odontogenic papilla
- part of some tooth enamel organ
- develops from some preameloblast
- capable of some amelogenesis
- produces some enamel