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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2006
Xiaodong LI, Oceanside, CA (US);
Hong Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Huixian Tang, San Diego, CA (US);
Qing LI, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaodong Li, Oceanside, CA (US);
Hong Xu, San Diego, CA (US);
Huixian Tang, San Diego, CA (US);
Qing Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Senomyx, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter ligands, i.e., acetaminophen, ranitidine, strychnine and denatonium. The present invention further relates to the use of these receptors in assays for identifying ligands that modulate the activation of these taste receptors and which may be used as additives in foods, beverages and medicinals for modifying (blocking) T2R-associated bitter taste.