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Sci. STKE, 28 June 2005
Vol. 2005, Issue 290, p. tr20
[DOI: 10.1126/stke.2902005tr20]

TEACHING RESOURCES

Sensory Systems: Taste Perception

Robert F. Margolskee*

Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Abstract: This Teaching Resource provides lecture notes and slides for a class covering the human taste system and is part of the course "Cell Signaling Systems: A Course for Graduate Students." The lecture begins with a discussion of five distinct qualities of taste and then proceeds to describe receptors and signaling mechanisms.

*Contact information. E-mail, robert.margolskee{at}mssm.edu

Citation: R. F. Margolskee, Sensory Systems: Taste Perception. Sci. STKE 2005, tr20 (2005).

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