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Patent Inventor Names
Yoshiro Ishimaru0
Hiroaki Matsunami0
Momoka Matsunami0
Date of Patent
December 8, 2009
0Patent Application Number
118259410
Date Filed
July 10, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to sour taste receptors and compositions and methods thereof. In particular, the present invention provides assays and methods of screening for ligands specific for sour taste receptors. Additionally, the present invention provides methods for screening for accessory proteins and mutations, polymorphisms and other potential sour taste receptor protein mutations that are associated with disease states, and therapeutic agents, ligands, and modulators of such proteins. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for modulating sour taste receptors in vitro and in vivo.
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