Patent ID: 8263341

Claim:
A method of identifying T1R expressing cells comprising detecting cells that express a nucleic acid that encodes a polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to the polypeptide in SEQ ID NO:4, the method comprising: (i) contacting one or more cells or nucleic acids isolated therefrom with a nucleic acid probe that specifically binds to a cDNA or cRNA that encodes a polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to the polypeptide in SEQ ID NO;4; (ii) detecting whether said nucleic acid probe specifically binds to a cDNA or cRNA that encodes for said polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to the polypeptide in SEQ ID NO:4; and (iii) identifying the one or more cells as T1R expressing cells if they comprise nucleic acid detected in the binding reaction of (ii).