Sentences with phrase «bitter taste receptor genes»
al., tested the hypothesis that herbivores — and their plant diets — have evolved to have greater number of Tas2r bitter taste receptor genes in their genomes than omnivores or carnivores.
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«Here we show that the bitterness of sampled ethanol varies with genetic differences in bitter taste receptor genes, which suggests a likely mechanism to explain previously reported relationships between these gene variants and alcohol intake.»
Not exact matches
In the first study to show that the sensations from sampled alcohol vary as a function of genetics, researchers focused on three chemosensory genes — two bitter - taste receptor genes known as TAS2R13 and TAS2R38 and a burn receptor gene, TRPV1.
«In our research, we show that when people taste alcohol in the laboratory, the amount of bitterness they experience differs, and these differences are related to which version of a bitter receptor gene the individual has.»
Now, findings from Monell reveal that a person's sensitivity to bitter taste is shaped not only by which taste genes that person has, but also by how much messenger RNA — the gene's instruction guide that tells a taste cell to build a specific receptor — their cells make.
To do this, they incorporated the gene sequence of each receptor into cultured cells and then probed the cells to determine if they were activated by one or more of 25 different bitter - tasting chemicals.
In 2000 Zuker and others found some 30 different kinds of genes that code for bitter - taste receptors.
Now, findings from Monell reveal that a person's sensitivity to bitter taste is shaped not only by which taste genes that person has, but also by how much messenger RNA — the gene's instruction guide that tells a taste cell to build a specific receptor — their taste cells make.
«In our research, we show that when people taste alcohol in the laboratory, the amount of bitterness they experience differs, and these differences are related to which variant of a bitter receptor gene the individual has.»