The development of the tongue and morphological and cytological changes in taste discs of Rana esculenta

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-25

  Zuwala K ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Development; Frog; Taste discs; Tongue; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROG; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TASTE BUD; TONGUE; ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

ANIMALS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RANA ESCULENTA; TASTE BUDS; TONGUE;

EID: 0036359351     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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