Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving antigen-antibody binding – specific binding protein...
Patent
1998-07-28
1999-12-28
Carlson, Karen Cochrane
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving antigen-antibody binding, specific binding protein...
530350, C12Q 100, G01N 3353, C07K 1400
Patent
active
060080000
ABSTRACT:
A novel taste cell specific guanine nucleotide binding protein, gustducin, is disclosed as well as polynucleotide sequences encoding the .alpha. subunit of gustducin. Also disclosed are methods of modifying taste involving agents that inhibit or activate the gustducin .alpha. subunit, methods for identifying such taste modifying agents and various taste modifying agents.
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Carlson Karen Cochrane
Linguagen Corporation
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