Molecular Basis of Taste Sense: Involvement of GPCR Receptors

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 771-780

  Cygankiewicz, Adam I ^a   Maslowska, Alicja ^a   Krajewska, Wanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

GPCR; oral; signal transduction; Taste sensing

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS; GPCR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR BASIS; ORAL; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; TASTE PERCEPTIONS; TASTE SENSING;

FOOD TECHNOLOGY; NUTRITION;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE;

HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884674887     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.606929     Document Type: Article

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