Analyses of sweet receptor gene (Tas1r2) and preference for sweet stimuli in species of carnivora

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue , 2009, Pages S90-S100

  Li, Xia ^a   Glaser, Dieter ^b   Li, Weihua ^a   Johnson, Warren E ^c   O'Brien, Stephen J ^c   Beauchamp, Gary K ^a,d   Brand, Joseph G ^a,d  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Diet; Sweet receptor; Sweeteners; Taste testing

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA;

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 1;

AILURIDAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; FERRET; GENETICS; LION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TASTE;

AILURIDAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; FERRETS; HERPESTIDAE; LIONS; MALE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TASTE; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 70349234209     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp015     Document Type: Article

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