Bitter taste receptors

US8709737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts, Vertreten durch den Stiftungsvorstand · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Bufe · Ferch, DE
• Thomas Hofmann · Doylestown, US
• Dietmar Krautwurst · Brüssow, DE
• Christina Kuhn · Michendorf, DE
• Wolfgang Meyerhof · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2500/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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.