Gustatory expression pattern of the human TAS2R bitter receptor gene family reveals a heterogenous population of bitter responsive taste receptor cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 12630-12640

  Behrens, Maik ^a   Foerster, Susann ^a   Staehler, Frauke ^a   Raguse, Jan Dirk ^b   Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Heterologous expression; hTAS2R genes; Human bitter taste; In situ hybridization; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TONGUE;

CELL LINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 36248977649     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1168-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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