Role of the G-Protein Subunit α-Gustducin in Taste Cell Responses to Bitter Stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 9947-9952

  Caicedo, Alejandro ^a   Pereira, Elizabeth ^a   Margolskee, Robert F ^b   Roper, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter; Chemical senses; G protein; Sensory coding; Taste bud; Tongue; Transduction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GUSTDUCIN; CALCIUM ION; CELL PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR ALPHA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE; TONGUE;

EID: 0242440813     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-30-09947.2003     Document Type: Article

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