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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Maik Behrens, Nuthetal, DE;
Anne Brockhoff, Potsdam, DE;
Christina Kuhn, Bethesda, MD (US);
Wolfgang Meyerhof, Norderstedt, DE;
Giovanni Appendino, UniversitĂ del Piemonte Orientale, IT;
Inventors:
Maik Behrens, Nuthetal, DE;
Anne Brockhoff, Potsdam, DE;
Christina Kuhn, Bethesda, MD (US);
Wolfgang Meyerhof, Norderstedt, DE;
Giovanni Appendino, UniversitĂ del Piemonte Orientale, IT;
Assignee:
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 agonists of the human bitter-taste receptors hTAS2R14, hTAS2R10 and hTAS2R4 and their role in bitter taste transduction. The invention also relates to methods for identifying molecules that modulate, e.g. suppress, or enhance hTAS2R14, hTAS2R10 and hTAS2R4 bitter taste transduction or bitter taste response.