Design and evaluation of new analogs of the sweet protein brazzein

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 679-683

  Walters, D Eric ^a   Cragin, Tiffany ^b   Jin, Zheyuan ^b   Rumbley, Jon N ^c   Hellekant, Göran ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazzein; Labeled magnitude scale; Pentadiplandra brazzeana; Psychophysics; Sweetener; Taste receptor

Indexed keywords

BRAZZEIN; HETERODIMER; RECEPTOR; SWEET TASTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE BUDS; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

PENTADIPLANDRA BRAZZEANA;

EID: 70349488282     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp048     Document Type: Article

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