For the first time researchers may have pinpointed a taste receptor. Ironically, it detects the most controversial taste of all, reports Sara Abdulla.
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Chaudhari,N., Landin, A. M. & Roper, S. D. A metabotropic glutamate receptor variant functions as a taste receptor Nature Neuroscience 3, 113 - 119 2000.
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Abdulla, S. Taste triumph. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000127-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000127-6