Micro and macro models of the sweet receptor

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Morini, Gabriella ^a   Temussi, Piero A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homology model; Sweet fingers; Sweet proteins; Sweet receptor; Sweeteners

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; MONELLIN; SWEET PROTEIN; SWEETENING AGENT; THAUMATIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MICE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TASTE;

EID: 18844429747     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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