Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste receptor
- Patent Title (中): 苯硫代氨基甲酸(PTC)味觉受体
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Application No.: US11871131Application Date: 2007-10-11
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Publication No.: US07666601B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Dennis Drayna , Un-Kyung Kim , Mark Leppert
- Applicant: Dennis Drayna , Un-Kyung Kim , Mark Leppert
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington US UT Salt Lake City
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,The University of Utah Research Foundation
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,The University of Utah Research Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington US UT Salt Lake City
- Agency: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; G01N33/53 ; G01N33/48 ; C07K14/705

Abstract:
The invention provides isolated nucleic and amino acid sequences of a taste cell receptor that serves as a sensor for the bitter taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), antibodies to such PTC taste receptor, methods of detecting such nucleic and amino acid sequences, and methods of screening for modulators of such PTC taste receptor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080227093A1 PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE (PTC) TASTE RECEPTOR Public/Granted day:2008-09-18
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