Do polymorphisms in the TAS1R1 gene contribute to broader differences in human taste intensity?

Chemical Senses

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 719-728

  Rawal, Shristi ^a   Hayes, John E ^b   Wallace, Margaret R ^c   Bartoshuk, Linda M ^d   Duffy, Valerie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter; Rs17492553; Rs34160967; Salty; Sour; Supertasting; Sweet; Taste genetics

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CITRIC ACID; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRON; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAS1R1 GENE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

BITTER; RS17492553; RS34160967; SALTY; SOUR; SUPERTASTING; SWEET; TASTE GENETICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884387839     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjt040     Document Type: Article

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