The sweet and the bitter of mammalian taste

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-427

  Scott, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITTER TASTE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TRPM CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 4043143509     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2004.06.003     Document Type: Review

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