Genetics of individual differences in bitter taste perception: Lessons from the PTC gene

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 275-280

  Kim, U K ^a   Drayna, Dennis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter; Gene; Haplotypes; PTC; Taste

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PHENYLTHIOUREA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BITTER TASTE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHROMOSOME; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR GENE; SHORT SURVEY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; PHENYLTHIOUREA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TASTE;

EID: 15844424818     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2004.00361.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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