Contrasting modes of evolution between vertebrate sweet/umami receptor genes and bitter receptor genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 292-300

  Shi, Peng ^a   Zhang, Jianzhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter; Evolution; Receptor; Sweet; T1R; T2R; Taste; Umami

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; T1R RECEPTOR; T2R RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FISH; FROG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TASTE; TASTE BUD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 30744472932     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj028     Document Type: Article

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