An amino-acid taste receptor
An amino-acid taste receptor
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An amino-acid taste receptor
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Nature (London), 2002-03, Vol.416 (6877), p.199-202
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The sense of taste provides animals with valuable information about the nature and quality of food. Mammals can recognize and respond to a diverse repertoire of chemical entities, including sugars, salts, acids and a wide range of toxic substances
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. Several amino acids taste sweet or delicious (umami) to humans, and are attractive to rodent...
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An amino-acid taste receptor
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_36506879
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_36506879
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ISSN
0028-0836
E-ISSN
1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature726
