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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Bernd Bufe, Ferch, DE;
Thomas Hofmann, Münster-Roxel, DE;
Dietmar Krautwurst, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, DE;
Christina Kuhn, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, DE;
Wolfgang Meyerhof, Nordestedt, DE;
Inventors:
Bernd Bufe, Ferch, DE;
Thomas Hofmann, Münster-Roxel, DE;
Dietmar Krautwurst, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, DE;
Christina Kuhn, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, DE;
Wolfgang Meyerhof, Nordestedt, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/566 (2006.01); C07K 14/705 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to bitter-taste receptors and their role in bitter taste transduction. The invention also relates to assays for screening molecules that modulate, e.g. suppress or block, bitter taste transduction, or enhance bitter taste response.