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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Maik Behrens, Nuthetal, DE;
Anne Brockhoff, Nuthetal, DE;
Christina Kuhn, Nuthetal, DE;
Wolfgang Meyerhof, Nuthetal, DE;
Giovanni Appendino, Nuthetal, DE;
Valeria D'auria, Nuthetal, DE;
Maik Behrens, Nuthetal, DE;
Anne Brockhoff, Nuthetal, DE;
Christina Kuhn, Nuthetal, DE;
Wolfgang Meyerhof, Nuthetal, DE;
Giovanni Appendino, Nuthetal, DE;
Valeria D'Auria, Nuthetal, DE;
Deutsches Institut fuer Ernaehrungsforschung, Nuthetal, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to agonists of the human bitter-taste receptors hTAS2R46, hTAS2R47 and hTAS2R50 and their role in bitter taste transduction. The invention also relates to methods for identifying molecules that modulate, e.g. suppress, or enhance hTAS2R46, hTAS2R47 and hTAS2R50 bitter taste transduction or bitter taste response.