2P319 CNG channels in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis : Insights into the origin and evolution of vertebrate CNG channels(42. Sensory signal transduction,Poster Session,Abstract,Meeting Program of EABS & BSJ 2006)

Abstract

Singre tHste bud in mousc fungiform papillae centains ubout 5e ccUs {TBCs) wliich classified to four cetl types, type Ito typc IV. In the periphery of zhe taste bud, they border at the peTigemmal cells and, tegether with them, rorni a shell of the taste bud, It is known thaL lhe upplication ot' rtI'P to basolateral membranes of TBCs increases the cytosolic calcium concentrutions ([Ca2'],.