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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Yutaka Ishiwatari, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuko Kai, Kawasaki, JP;
Takami Maekawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuzuru Eto, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Yutaka Ishiwatari, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuko Kai, Kawasaki, JP;
Takami Maekawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuzuru Eto, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6872 (2013.01); G01N 33/5008 (2013.01);
Abstract
By contacting a test substance with a cell that expresses a Kv3.2 protein, and comparing observed cation influx into the cell with cation influx into the cell observed when the test substance is not contacted with the cell, a salty taste modulating substance such as salt alternative compound, or salt perception enhancing or inhibiting compound is screened.