Olfactory receptor-encoding genes and pseudogenes are expressed in humans

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-249

  Crowe, Mark L ^a   Perry, Barry N ^a   Connerton, Ian F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cDNA; G protein coupled receptor; Gene cloning; Gene regulation; Neuron; Odorant receptor; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RECEPTOR GENE; SMELLING;

EID: 0030007375     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00849-7     Document Type: Article

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