Chemoreception: tasting the sweet and the bitter.
Our understanding of the molecular basis of taste transduction has lagged behind that of other senses, but now a signalling protein-the G protein alpha subunit gustducin-has been shown to be taste-tissue specific and essential for both bitter and sweet tastes.
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Department of Physiology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
D000818:Animals; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000502:physiology; D015293:Transducin / Q000502:physiology*
C075192:gustducin; D015293:Transducin