Gustducin is a taste-cell-specific G protein closely related to the transducins.

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Published in Nature on June 18, 1992

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S K McLaughlin1, P J McKinnon, R F Margolskee

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1: Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, New Jersey 07110-1199.

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