title: Introductory remarks on umami research: candidate receptors and signal transduction mechanisms on umami.
authors.affiliation: Section of Fundamental Oral Health Care Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan.
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Yuzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007795:Laminaria / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012970:Sodium Glutamate / Q000737:chemistry*; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D012970:Sodium Glutamate; C108823:metabotropic glutamate receptor 4