taste receptor

collocation in English

meaningsoftasteandreceptor

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taste
noun
uk
/teɪst/us
/teɪst/
the flavour of something, or the ability of a person or animal to recognize ...
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receptor
noun[C]
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/rɪˈsep.tər/us
/-tɚ/
a nerve ending that reacts to a change, such as heat or cold, in the body by sending a message to the central ...
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(Definition oftasteandreceptorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the receptor-independent process involves the diffusion of bitter, amphiphilic chemicals like quinine across thetastereceptorcell membranes.
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The human tongue has 100 to 150tastereceptorcells on each of its roughly ten thousand taste buds.
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It is also the onlytastereceptorwhose polymorphisms are shown to be responsible for differences in taste perception.
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The charge of the protein plays also an important role in its interaction with the sweettastereceptor.
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Distinct types oftastereceptorcells respectively detect substances that are sweet, bitter, salty, sour, spicy, or taste of umami.
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Senomyx develops patented flavor enhancers by using proprietarytastereceptor-based assay systems.
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The compounds can be searched by name, chemical structure, similarity to other bitter compounds, association with a particular human bittertastereceptor, and so on.
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Many bittertastereceptorgenes also have confusing synonym names with several different gene names referring to the same gene.
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Taste is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically withtastereceptorcells located on taste buds.
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Thetastereceptorcells send information detected by clusters of various receptors and ion channels to the gustatory areas of the brain via the seventh, ninth and tenth cranial nerves.
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The tongue is equipped with many taste buds on its dorsal surface, and each taste bud is equipped withtastereceptorcells that can sense particular classes of tastes.
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It was also discovered that even if some portion of thetastereceptoron the tongue became damaged that illusory taste could be produced by tactile stimulation.
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High sensitivity of catfish taste receptors to amino acids.
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In addition, the analysis of saliva should be performed, as it constitutes the environment of taste receptors, including transport of tastes to the receptor and protection of thetastereceptor.
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Analyzing the relationships between bittertastereceptorgenes show that the genes on the same chromosome are more closely related to each other than genes on different chromosomes.
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The neurobiological mechanisms of taste (and aftertaste) signal transduction from the taste receptors in the mouth to the brain have not yet been fully understood.
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Humans have taste receptors on taste buds (gustatory calyculi) and other areas including the upper surface of the tongue and the epiglottis.
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Bitter taste receptors are expressed not only in the mouth but also in extraoral tissues.
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The enteric nervous system exhibits taste receptors similar to the ones in the tongue.
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The tongue contains taste receptors, as well as mechanoreceptors.
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