Multiple human taste receptor sites: A molecular modeling approach

Chemical Senses

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-445

  Froloff, Nicolas ^a   Faurion, Annick ^a   Mac Leod, Patrick ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

EID: 0029793182     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/21.4.425     Document Type: Article

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