Genomic, genetic and functional dissection of bitter taste responses to artificial sweeteners

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3437-3449

  Roudnitzky, Natacha ^a   Bufe, Bernd ^a,c   Thalmann, Sophie ^a   Kuhn, Christina ^a,d   Gunn, Howard C ^b   Xing, Chao ^b   Crider, Bill P ^b   Behrens, Maik ^a   Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^a   Wooding, Stephen P ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACESULFAME; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN TAS 2R; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SACCHARIN; SALICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051700826     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr252     Document Type: Article

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