Bitter taste transduced by PLC-β2-dependent rise in IP3 and α-gustducin-dependent fall in cyclic nucleotides

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 4 49-4, 2001, Pages

  Yan, Wentao ^a   Sunavala, Gulshan ^a,e   Rosenzweig, Sophia ^a   Dasso, Max ^a   Brand, Joseph G ^b,c   Spielman, Andrew I ^a,b,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denatonium; Inositol 1,4,5 triphosphate; Phospholipase C; Rapid kinetics; Second messenger; Taste receptors; Taste transduction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GUSTDUCIN; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0034998556     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2001.280.4.c742     Document Type: Article

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