Requirement for an Otopetrin-like protein for acid taste in Drosophila.

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Receptors for bitter, sugar, and other tastes have been identified in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, while a broadly tuned receptor for the taste of acid has been elusive. Previous work showed that such a receptor was unlikely to be encoded by a gene within one of the two major families of taste receptors in Drosophila, the "gustatory receptors" and "ionotropic receptors." Here, to identify the acid taste...

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