The ordered columnar structure of mouse filiform papillae.
Examination of carefully oriented 1-mum and 5-mum sections of mouse dorsal tongue together with scanning electron microscope observations indicates a high degree of cellular organization in the papillae. It has been suggested that each filiform papilla consists of 2 dominant and 2 minor columns of cells. Labelling patterns of the basal cells have been investigated in relation to these columns.
D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D014059:Tongue / Q000648:ultrastructure*