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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 25, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 29, 2014
Assignee:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts, Vertreten durch den Stiftungsvorstand
Inventors:
Bernd Bufe, Thomas Hofmann, Dietmar Krautwurst, Christina Kuhn, Wolfgang Meyerhof
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2003
Date of Patent:
August 19, 2008
Assignee:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts, Vertreten durch den Stiftungsvorstand
Inventors:
Bernd Bufe, Thomas Hofmann, Dietmar Krautwurst, Christina Kuhn, Wolfgang Meyerhof