Pseudogenization of a Sweet-Receptor Gene Accounts for Cats' Indifference toward Sugar

Xia Li, Weihua Li, Hong Wang, +8

PLoS Genetics

BiologyDomestic CatsNatural SciencesGeneticsEvolutionary Biology +12

Isolation of Peptides from an Enzymatic Hydrolysate of Food Proteins and Characterization of Their Taste Properties

Kenji Maehashi, M Matsuzaki, Yasushi Yamämoto, +1

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Bitter peptides activate hTAS2Rs, the human bitter receptors

Kenji Maehashi, Mami Matano, Hong Wang, +3

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

NeuropeptidesSignal TransductionBitter PeptidesPhysiologyNeuropeptide Receptor +4

Dissecting the genetic control of natural variation in salt tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

Taku Katori, Akiro Ikeda, Satoshi Iuchi, +6

Journal of Experimental Botany

Plant GeneticsBotanyNatural VariationSoil SalinityGenetics +18

Riboflavin-Binding Protein Exhibits Selective Sweet Suppression toward Protein Sweeteners

Kenji Maehashi, Mami Matano, Akira Kondo, +2

Chemical Senses

Sweet Taste Receptor Gene Variation and Aspartame Taste in Primates and Other Species

X. Li, Alexander A. Bachmanov, Kenji Maehashi, +7

Chemical Senses

FlavoromicsGeneticsAspartame TasterGenomicsSensory Science +14

Sweetness of Lysozymes.

Kenji Maehashi, Shigezo Udaka

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Food ChemistryBiologyBiochemistryNatural SciencesHen Lysozyme +10

Riboflavin-Binding Protein Is a Novel Bitter Inhibitor

Kenji Maehashi, Mami Matano, Mizu Nonaka, +2

Chemical Senses

Food ChemistryMedicinal ChemistryBiochemistryRiboflavin-binding ProteinNatural Sciences +10

Biochemical and Functional Characterization of Transiently Expressed in Neural Precursor (TENP) Protein in Emu Egg White

Kenji Maehashi, Megumi Ueda, Mami Matano, +4

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Neural PrecursorEmu Tenp GeneBacteriologyBacteriophageMolecular Biology +22

Molecular characterization of goose- and chicken-type lysozymes in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Evidence for extremely low lysozyme levels in emu egg white

Kenji Maehashi, Mami Matano, Tomohiro Irisawa, +3

Gene

BiologyLow Lysozyme LevelsEmu EggPoultry DiseaseGenetics +4