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Published on: June 3, 2016
Plasma membrane calcium pumps in mouse olfactory sensory neurons
S Dilhan Weeraratne1, Megan Valentine, Matthew Cusick
1Department of Biology, University of Vermont, 109 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Abstract:
We report here the presence of specific plasma membrane calcium pumps (PMCAs) in mouse olfactory sensory neurons. All 4 isoforms are present as shown by deconvolution microscopy, and the specific splice variants are identified by reverse transcriptase (RT)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The PMCAs are present on the cell body, dendrite, knob, and cilia, but the different isoforms of PMCAs are not identical in their distributions. The PMCAs are positioned to play a role in calcium clearance after stimulation.

