●Candidate Receptors and Signal Transduction Mechanisms for Umami Taste Chemical Senses, Volume 30, Supplement 1, eds, by T. Yamamoto, Tohru Fushiki, Hideto Kaba, and Yuzo Ninomiya, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005

		CONTENTS
	Introductory Remarks on Umami Research: Candidate Receptors and Signal Transduction Mechanisms on Umami Kumiko Sugimoto and Yuzo Ninomiya Regional Expression Patterns of T1r Family in the Mouse Tongue Yuko Kusakabe Mi-Ryung Kim Hirohito Miura Yoichiro Shindo Yuzo Ninomiya and Akihiro Hino Cloning and Characterization of a Novel mGluR1 Variant from Vallate Papillae that Functions as a Receptor for L-glutamate Stimuli A. San Gabriel H. Uneyama S. Yoshie and K. Torii Expression of Phospholipase C-β4 in Rat Circumvallate Taste Buds Takashi Toyono Shinji Kataoka Yuji Seta and Kuniaki Toyoshima Multiple Pathways for Signaling Glutamate Taste in Rodents Nirupa Chaudhari Yutaka Maruyama Stephen Roper and Kristina Trubey Downstream Signaling Effectors for Umami Taste Sue C. Kinnamon Weihong Lin Tatsuya Ogura Collin Ruiz and Eugene Delay Signal Transduction of Umami Taste: Insights from Knockout Mice Minqing Rong Wei He Keiko Yasumatsu Zaza Kokrashvili Cristian A. Perez Bedrich Mosinger Yuzo Ninomiya Robert F. Margolskee and Sami Damak

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