GWAS of human bitter taste perception identifies new loci and reveals additional complexity of bitter taste genetics

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 259-267

  Ledda, Mirko ^a   Kutalik, Zoltán ^b,c,d   Destito, Maria C Souza ^e   Souza, Milena M ^e   Cirillo, Cintia A ^e   Zamboni, Amabilene ^e   Martin, Nathalie ^a   Morya, Edgard ^e   Sameshima, Koichi ^f   Beckmann, Jacques S ^b,g   Coutre, Johannes le ^a,h   Bergmann, Sven ^b,d   Genick, Ulrich K ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^e HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; COFFEE; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUININE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890350787     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt404     Document Type: Article

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