Receptor seeks ligand: On the way to cloning the molecular receptors for sweet and bitter taste

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-382

  Lindemann, Bernd ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; RECEPTOR; SWEETENING AGENT;

GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICE; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 0032959395     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7377     Document Type: Short Survey

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