Elucidation of mammalian bitter taste

Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 37-72

  Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GNAT3 PROTEIN, RAT; TAS2R16 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TAS2R38 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSDUCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 7; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TASTE THRESHOLD; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 27944434112     PISSN: 03034240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/s10254-005-0041-0     Document Type: Review

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