Top twenty five fungiform (FG) TB-associated genes.

Genes are ranked by taste bud/non-gustatory lingual epithelium (LE) gene expression ratio. Average expression values from CV taste bud (CV), fungiform taste bud (FG), and LE samples were used to calculate expression ratios. Corresponding p values were generated using two-sample paired Student's t-tests. Location; known or predicted location of gene product, TM; known to be membrane-associated or with a predicted transmembrane domain. Function; known or predicted function of gene product.