l-Theanine elicits umami taste via the T1R1 + T1R3 umami taste receptor

Two Distinct Determinants of Ligand Specificity in T1R1/T1R3 (the Umami Taste Receptor)

(2013) Yasuka Toda et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Nerve and Behavioral Responses of Mice to Various Umami Substances

(2011) Masataka NARUKAWA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Establishment of a New Cell-Based Assay To Measure the Activity of Sweeteners in Fluorescent Food Extracts

(2011) Yasuka Toda et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Suppression of Sourness by Theanine

(2010) Masataka NARUKAWA et al.   FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

Broad-spectrum amino acid-sensing class C G-protein coupled receptors: Molecular mechanisms, physiological significance and options for drug development

(2010) Arthur D. Conigrave et al.   PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Effects of theanine on growth of human lung cancer and leukemia cells as well as migration and invasion of human lung cancer cells

(2009) Qian Liu et al.   CYTOTECHNOLOGY

L-Theanine Elicits an Umami Taste with Inosine 5′-Monophosphate

(2008) Masataka NARUKAWA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Cloning, Expression, Purification and Characterization of an Isotype of Clytin, a Calcium-Binding Photoprotein from the Luminous Hydromedusa Clytia gregarium

(2008) Satoshi Inouye   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular mechanism for the umami taste synergism

(2008) F. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA