Article
Evidence of a phenotypically determined ductal cell lineage in mouse salivary glands.
The Anatomical record - 1 Sept 1999
Denny P C, Liu P, Denny P A
Abstract excerpt
The submandibular salivary gland of mice contains a parenchymal element, the granular duct, which matures peripubertally from the striated ducts. Granular duct cells also differentiate from intercalated ducts in the adult mouse submandibular gland. Using preproNGF-A as a signature protein of mature granular duct cells, this study inquired if phenotypic determination might have occurred earlier than the first...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Male
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nerve Growth Factors
- Phenotype
- Protein Precursors
- RNA, Messenger
- Salivary Glands
- Sublingual Gland
- Submandibular Gland
