Complex evolutionary history of the vertebrate sweet/umami taste receptor genes

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2198-2204

  Feng, Ping ^a   Zhao, HuaBin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

diet; pseudogene; sweet; Tas1r; taste receptor; umami; vertebrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880072503     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5811-5     Document Type: Article

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