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Functional Cell Types in Taste Buds Have Distinct Longevities

Taste buds are clusters of polarized sensory cells embedded in stratified oral epithelium. In adult mammals, taste buds turn over continuously and are replenished through the birth of new cells in the basal layer of the surrounding non-sensory epithelium. The half-life of cells in mammalian taste bu...

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Autores principales: Perea-Martinez, Isabel, Nagai, Takatoshi, Chaudhari, Nirupa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053399