Understand spiciness: mechanism of TRPV1 channel activation by capsaicin
Abstract Capsaicin in chili peppers bestows the sensation of spiciness. Since the discovery of its receptor, transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) ion channel, how capsaicin activates this channel has been under extensive investigation using a variety of experimental techniques including...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Protein & Cell |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13238-016-0353-7 |