A quinine-activated cationic conductance in vertebrate taste receptor cells

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 515-523

  Tsunenari, Takashi ^a,c   Hayashi, Yukako ^a   Orita, Manabu ^a   Kurahashi, Takashi ^b   Kaneko, Akimichi ^b,c   Mori, Tomohiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bitter; bullfrog; cation channel; gustatory; patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CATION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATIONS; CESIUM; CYCLIC AMP; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; QUININE; RANA CATESBEIANA; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; TASTE;

EID: 0030453609     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.108.6.515     Document Type: Article

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