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Development of fungiform papillae: patterned lingual gustatory organs.
Archives of histology and cytology - 1 Dec 2006
Mistretta Charlotte M, Liu Hong-Xiang
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The fungiform papilla is a gustatory organ that provides a specific tissue residence for taste buds on the anterior tongue. Thus, during development there must be a progressive differentiation to acquire papilla epithelium, then taste cell progenitor epithelium, and finally taste cells within the papilla apex. Arranged in rows, the patterned distribution of fungiform papillae requires molecular regulation not...
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