Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
To elucidate the molecular mechanisms in taste reception, we have tried to build its assay system based on in vivo Ca2+-imaging technique. Two lines of transgenic animals expressing Ca2+-indicator proteins in their taste bud cells were successfully established. Slight but significant changes of fluorescence in their taste bud cells were observed after the stimulation of taste solution. Further improvement of this assay system would enable the evaluation of taste of foods with highly complicated composition and contribute to both the basic research of taste reception and the food product development.
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All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results, Peer Reviewed: 4 results, Open Access: 2 results, Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (20 results) Remarks (1 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results)
J Histochem Cytochem
Volume: 64 Issue: 3 Pages: 205-215
10.1369/0022155415626987
Development
Volume: 143 Pages: 2012-2024
10.1242/dev.134817
Volume: 印刷中
Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem.
Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 7 Pages: 1039-1043
10.1080/09168451.2015.1023251
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