Existence of subtypes of gustducin-immunoreactive cells in the vallate taste bud of guinea pigs

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Ohkubo, Yasuhiro ^a   Yokosuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Kumakura, Masahiko ^a   Yoshie, Sumio ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; GUSTDUCIN; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR III; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TASTE BUD; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTORS; MALE; TASTE BUDS; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 42649097256     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: 13491717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.70.291     Document Type: Article

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