Bitter taste receptor research comes of age: From characterization to modulation of TAS2Rs

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-221

  Behrens, Maik ^a   Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitter taste perception; GPCR; TAS2R

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TASTE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BITTER TASTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TASTE BUD; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875615895     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.08.006     Document Type: Review

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