Mouse Taste Bud (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mouse Taste Bud

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In cells in the mouse taste bud, the protein Semaphorin 3A (green) helps bitter-sensing taste receptor cells attract the correct neural target. The protein Semaphorin 7A (red) marks sweet-sensing cells.

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Lee et al./<i>Nature</i> 2017

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