Overexpressionof CyclinDl Correlateswith Recurrencein a Groupof Forty-seven OperableSquamousCell Carcinomasof the Head and Neck

The invention identifies nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of a sensory cell specific phospholipase C that are specifically expressed in taste cells, antibodies to such phospholipase C, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and proteins, and methods of screening for modulators of sensory cell specific phospholipase C.