@article{c2c4a99eb65e4b5a8d4e5359f8d60843,
title = "Molecular mechanisms of taste transduction in vertebrates",
abstract = "Among the five senses, taste and olfaction play crucial roles in the detection of chemical substances in the environment and are referred to as chemical senses. In the past decade, much progress has been made in studies on molecular mechanisms of the gustatory system by methods such as those based on molecular and cellular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics. This review covers recent studies on taste receptors, intracellular signaling transduction in taste receptor cells, and taste coding at the periphery in vertebrates from fish to mammals.",
keywords = "Basic taste quality, Gene knockout mice, Signal transduction, Taste coding, Taste receptor",
author = "Yoshiro Ishimaru",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) to Y.I. from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Kao Foundation, and Nestl{\'e} Nutrition Council, Japan.",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1007/s10266-008-0095-y",
language = "English",
volume = "97",
pages = "1--7",
journal = "Odontology / the Society of the Nippon Dental University",
issn = "1618-1247",
publisher = "Springer Japan",
number = "1",
}