Proteins in saliva are needed for preprocessing food in the mouth, maintenance of tooth mineralization, and protection from microbial pathogens. Novel insights into human lineage-specific functions of salivary proteins and clues to their involvement in human disease can be gained through evolutionar...
ORGANISM(S): Pan troglodytes (Chimpanzee) Homo sapiens (Human) Gorilla gorilla Macaca mulatta (Rhesus macaque)