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The receptors and cells for mammalian taste

Jayaram Chandrashekar, Mark A. Hoon, Nicholas J. P. Ryba & Charles S. Zuker

Nature 444, 288-294(16 November 2006)

doi:10.1038/nature05401

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Taste-receptor cells, buds and papillae.

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Figure 2

Encoding of taste qualities at the periphery.

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Figure 3

Sweet, umami, bitter and sour are mediated by specific receptors and cells.

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Figure 4

Summary of receptors for umami, sweet, bitter and sour tastes.

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Figure 5

Behavioural attraction and aversion are mediated by dedicated taste-receptor cells.

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Table 1

Tastant selectivity of candidate mammalian taste receptors

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