Odorant receptors (ORs) located in the nasal epithelium, at the ciliated surface of olfactory sensory neurons, represent the initial step of a transduction cascade that leads to odor detection. ORs form the largest and most diverse family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). They are encoded by a
Genomics of selected human odorant receptors
β Scribed by Kirsten Knape; Anton Beyer; Anna Stary; Gerhard Buchbauer; Peter Wolschann
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 139
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-9247
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