Functional Analyses of Bitter Taste Receptors in Domestic Cats (Felis catus)

Cats are obligate carnivores and under most circumstances eat only animal products. Owing to the pseudogenization of one of two subunits of the sweet receptor gene, they are indifferent to sweeteners, presumably having no need to detect plant-based sugars in their diet. Following this reasoning and...

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Autores principales: Lei, Weiwei, Ravoninjohary, Aurore, Li, Xia, Margolskee, Robert F., Reed, Danielle R., Beauchamp, Gary K., Jiang, Peihua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139670

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