About the Authors

Kathrine Lunde

kathrine.lunde@animalia.no

Affiliations Norwegian Meat Research Centre, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, University of Life Science, Ås, Norway

Bjørg Egelandsdal

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, University of Life Science, Ås, Norway

Ellen Skuterud

Affiliations Norwegian Meat Research Centre, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, University of Life Science, Ås, Norway

Joel D. Mainland

Current address: Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Tor Lea

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, University of Life Science, Ås, Norway

Margrethe Hersleth

Affiliations Institute of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, University of Life Science, Ås, Norway, Nofima Mat, Ås, Norway

Hiroaki Matsunami

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BE HM. Performed the experiments: KL BE ES JDM TL MH HM. Analyzed the data: KL BE ES JDM TL MH HM. Wrote the paper: KL BE JDM HM.