TAS2R38 single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with PROP - But not thermal - Tasting: A pilot study

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Bering, Amanda Breanne ^a   Pickering, Gary ^a   Liang, Ping ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

PROP; PROP taster status; TAS2R38; Taste genetics; Thermal taster status

Indexed keywords

6 N PROPYLTHIOURACIL; DNA; THIOURACIL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAS2R38 GENE; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84896697539     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-013-9160-1     Document Type: Article

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