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SUBMITTER: Kataoka S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2642677 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kataoka Shinji S Yang Ruibiao R Ishimaru Yoshiro Y Matsunami Hiroaki H Sévigny Jean J Kinnamon John C JC Finger Thomas E TE
Chemical senses 20071221 3
The transient receptor potential channel, PKD2L1, is reported to be a candidate receptor for sour taste based on molecular biological and functional studies. Here, we investigated the expression pattern of PKD2L1-immunoreactivity (IR) in taste buds of the mouse. PKD2L1-IR is present in a few elongate cells in each taste bud as reported previously. The PKD2L1-expressing cells are different from those expressing PLCbeta2, a marker of Type II cells. Likewise PKD2L1-immunoreactive taste cells do not ...[more]