First detection of taste buds in a chimaeroid fish (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) and their Gαi-like immunoreactivity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 517, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-101

  Ferrando, Sara ^a   Gallus, Lorenzo ^a   Gambardella, Chiara ^a   Masini, Maria Angela ^a   Cutolo, Alessia ^a   Vacchi, Marino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous fish; Chimaera monstrosa; G protein; Taste bud

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; FEMALE; FISH; G PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT INHIBITORY LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GNAI1 GENE; GNAI2 GENE; GNAI3 GENE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAMMAL; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TASTE BUD; TONGUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FISHES; GENOME; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TASTE BUDS; TONGUE;

EID: 84861194030     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.04.032     Document Type: Article

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