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ROS-GC subfamily membrane guanylate cyclase-linked transduction systems: taste, pineal gland and hippocampus

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In the continuous efforts to test the validity of the theme that the Ca2+-modulated ROS-GC subfamily system is a universal transduction component of the sensory and sensory-linked network of neurons, this article focuses on the presence and variant biochemical forms of this transduction system in the gustatory epithelium, the site of gustatory transduction; in the pineal, a light-sensitive gland; and in the hippocampus neurons, linked with the perception of all SENSES.

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This research was supported by USPHS awards: DC 005349 (R. K. S.), and HL084584 (TD).

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Sharma, R.K., Duda, T. ROS-GC subfamily membrane guanylate cyclase-linked transduction systems: taste, pineal gland and hippocampus. Mol Cell Biochem 334, 199–206 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-009-0334-8

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