Association between common variation in genes encoding sweet taste signaling components and human sucrose perception

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 579-592

  Fushan, Alexey A ^a   Simons, Christopher T ^b   Slack, Jay P ^b   Drayna, Dennis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b Givaudan Roure Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Genetic variations; Gustducin; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUSTDUCIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GNAT3 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY;

CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE; TASTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955861412     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq063     Document Type: Article

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