| First Author | Capeless CG | Year | 1994 |
| Journal | Chem Senses | Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | 595-607 |
| PubMed ID | 7735839 | Mgi Jnum | J:26941 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:74364 | Doi | 10.1093/chemse/19.6.595 |
| Citation | Capeless CG, et al. (1994) Hydrolysis of sucrose octa-acetate: qualitative differences in taster and demistaster avoidance phenotypes. Chem Senses 19(6):595-607 |
| abstractText | Calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide were used to hydrolyse sucrose octa-acetate (SOA) as a means of evaluating the taster (Soaa) and demitaster (Soac) allelic phenotypes of the genetic locus Soa. The SWR/J (taster) inbred strain and the B6.SW Soaa (taster) congenic strain were demonstrated to cease avoiding upon nearly complete hydrolysis of 10(-5) M SOA with calcium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide and of 10(-4) M SOA with calcium hydroxide. The BALB/cByJ, C3HeB/FeJ and DBA/2J (demitaster) inbred strains were demonstrated to cease avoiding after only a partial hydrolysis of 10(-3) M SOA using calcium hydroxide. It is suggested that specificity for the number or placement of the acetates of SOA underlies the difference between the taster and demitaster phenotypes. |
