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Ziyu Liang1,2, Courtney E Wilson3, Bochuan Teng1,2,4

  • 1Section of Neurobiology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.

Nature communications
|October 5, 2023
PubMed
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质子通道OTOP1感知到化 (NH4Cl),一种有毒的氨基酸分解产物. 这一发现揭示了检测哺乳动物NH4Cl味道的新机制.

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