Gα14 is a candidate mediator of sweet/umami signal transduction in the posterior region of the mouse tongue

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-508

  Shindo, Yoichiro ^a   Miura, Hirohito ^b   Carninci, Piero ^c   Kawai, Jun ^c   Hayashizaki, Yoshihide ^c   Ninomiya, Yuzo ^d   Hino, Akihiro ^e   Kanda, Tomomasa ^a   Kusakabe, Yuko ^f  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Food Safety Commission of Japan   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

G 14; Gustducin; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Sweet; T1r3; Taste; Umami

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUSTDUCIN; PROTEIN T1R3; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA GUSTDUCIN, MOUSE; ALPHA-GUSTDUCIN, MOUSE; GALPHA14 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; DNA LIBRARY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TONGUE; UMAMI; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE LIBRARY; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 53149117021     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.09.035     Document Type: Article

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