Patents Assigned to United States of America Dept. of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health-OTT
  • Mammalian sweet taste receptors t1r3
    Patent number: 7507793
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet taste receptors comprising two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet taste receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, United States of America Dept. of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health-OTT
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Nicholas J. P. Ryba, Gregory A. Nelson, Mark A. Hoon, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Yifeng Zhang