The Taste of Monosodium Glutamate: Membrane Receptors in Taste Buds
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The taste of monosodium glutamate: membrane receptors in taste buds.
Receptor proteins for photoreception have been studied for several decades. More recently, putative receptors for olfaction have been isolated and characterized. In contrast, no receptors for taste have been identified yet by molecular cloning. This report describes experiments aimed at identifying a receptor responsible for the taste of monosodium glutamate (MSG). Using reverse transcriptase (...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-12-03817.1996