Tasting the airway lining fluid

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-383

  Krasteva, G ^a   Kummer, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gustducin; Bitter; Brush cell; Chemosensory cell; Quorum sensing molecules; Taste

Indexed keywords

VILLIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOSENSOR; BITTER TASTE; BODY FLUID; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOKED RESPONSE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MUCOSAL LINING FLUID; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY CHEMOSENSORY CELL; SWEETNESS; SYNAPSE; TASTE;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TASTE; TRACHEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS;

EID: 84867337911     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-0993-5     Document Type: Review

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