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Major taste loss in carnivorous mammals.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Mar 2012

Jiang Peihua, Josue Jesusa, Li Xia, Glaser Dieter, Li Weihua, Brand Joseph G, Margolskee Robert F, Reed Danielle R, Beauchamp Gary K

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Mammalian sweet taste is primarily mediated by the type 1 taste receptor Tas1r2/Tas1r3, whereas Tas1r1/Tas1r3 act as the principal umami taste receptor. Bitter taste is mediated by a different group of G protein-coupled receptors, the Tas2rs, numbering 3 to ∼66, depending on the species. We showed previously that the behavioral indifference of cats toward sweet-tasting compounds can be explained by the...

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PMID: 22411809
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118360109
PMCID: PMC3324019

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