With that in mind, specific types of taste receptors will now be discussed.

The "bitter" taste receptors may not mature until the infant is several months old.

Taste receptors made a cataclysmic null sound in his mind.

Using the human genome sequence, the company says, it has identified hundreds of those taste receptors.

The charge of the protein plays also an important role in its interaction with the sweet taste receptor.

They stimulate scent and taste receptors so as to discourage feeding.

Fires the fat taste receptors, but may be an acquired taste.

See table below for full list of human bitter taste receptor genes:

This can continue for about an hour while the miraculin protein is still bound to the taste receptor.

It is known that there are two taste receptors at the tip of the labium, which may well play a role.

These cells appear to share several feature of taste receptor cells.

Others, called supertasters, have abnormally high concentrations of taste receptors.

Chemicals that stimulate taste receptor cells are known as tastants.

Saliva both interacts with and protects the taste receptors in the mouth.

Miracle fruit contains a chemical that affects taste receptors in the tongue.

The enteric nervous system exhibits taste receptors similar to the ones in the tongue.

Conversely, this also suggests that transducin can interact with taste receptors.

Lindemann also sees a great future in artificial ligands for taste receptors.

The smell and taste receptors of insects may be mingled, with some performing both functions.

"Fluid buildup in your head plays hell with your taste receptors.

Some studies show that taste receptors become clogged and fatigued after evaluating large numbers of foods.

Taste perception fades with age: On average, people lose half their taste receptors by time they turn 20.

This bitter taste receptor has been shown to respond to saccharin in vitro.

Rhinophores are scent or taste receptors, also known as chemosensory organs.

This could easily be enough to set off nerve impulses in a single-celled taste receptor of a spider.