Abstract
The ability to detect taste stimuli results from the activation of taste receptors located in taste-bud cells. There are several gustatory transduction mechanisms, involving membrane receptors, guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins), second messengers and ion channels1, but genes encoding taste receptors have not yet been identified. Here we identify a complementary DNA that encodes a receptor for sour tastes.
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Ugawa, S., Minami, Y., Guo, W. et al. Receptor that leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Nature 395, 555â556 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/26882
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