Gustducin is expressed in the taste buds of the chicken

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 666-672

  Kudo, Ken Ichi ^a   Wakamatsu, Kei Ichi ^a   Nishimura, Shotaro ^a   Tabata, Shoji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Gustducin; Immunohistochemistry; RT PCR; Taste buds

Indexed keywords

GNAT3 PROTEIN, RAT; RNA; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TASTE BUD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICKENS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TASTE BUDS; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 78649641697     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2010.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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