Patents Examined by Elizabeth C. Kemmeur
  • Assays for sensory modulators using a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit
    Patent number: 6875574
    Abstract: The invention identifies nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit that are specifically expressed in sensory cells, e.g., taste cells, antibodies to such G-protein alpha subunits, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and subunits, and methods of screening for modulators of a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Charles S. Zuker