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TAS2R40

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ18053911 ↗
Source-derived summary

Taste receptor type 2 member 40 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R40 gene.

See also

Taste receptor

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Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “TAS2R40” is protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through TAS2R40, protein-coding and gene, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 43-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, TAS2R40, protein-coding and gene is the immediate research focus.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q18053911. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “TAS2R40” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.