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Distribution of α-Gustducin and Vimentin in premature and mature taste buds in chickens.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 14 Oct 2016
Venkatesan Nandakumar, Rajapaksha Prasangi, Payne Jason, Goodfellow Forrest, Wang Zhonghou, Kawabata Fuminori, Tabata Shoji, Stice Steven, Beckstead Robert, Liu Hong-Xiang
Abstract excerpt
The sensory organs for taste in chickens (Gallus sp.) are taste buds in the oral epithelium of the palate, base of the oral cavity, and posterior tongue. Although there is not a pan-taste cell marker that labels all chicken taste bud cells, α-Gustducin and Vimentin each label a subpopulation of taste bud cells. In the present study, we used both α-Gustducin and Vimentin to further characterize chicken taste buds...
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