New Insights into the Characteristics of Sweet and Bitter Taste Receptors

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2011, Pages 191-226

  Temussi, Piero A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sweet proteins; Sweeteners; Taste receptors; Wedge model

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; SWEET PROTEIN;

BITTER TASTE; BOOK; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD;

EID: 80054787148     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: 19376448     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386035-4.00006-9     Document Type: Chapter

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