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Salt sensing: A new receptor for an ancient taste
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Salt sensing: A new receptor for an ancient taste

Tatevik Sarkissian, Christina Mazzio and Paul A Garrity
Current biology, Vol.32(8), pp.R373-R375
04/25/2022
PMID: 35472427

Abstract

Animals Drosophila Feeding Behavior - physiology Sodium Chloride Sodium Chloride, Dietary Taste - physiology
Regulation of salt intake is important for animals from flies to humans. A new study clarifies the molecular receptors mediating attraction to low salt concentrations in Drosophila, suggesting a surprisingly fly-specific solution to the challenge of detecting this universal tastant.

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