Nucleic acids encoding T2R, a novel family of taste receptors
AssigneesThe Regents of the University of California, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
InventorsCharles S. Zuker, Jon Elliot Adler, Mark Hoon, Nick Ryba, Ken Mueller
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Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors.
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An isolated nucleic acid encoding a T2R family taste transduction G-protein coupled receptor, wherein the receptor is expressed in a taste cell, the receptor comprising a polypeptide having greater than 95% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1.
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