Molecular genetics of mammalian olfaction

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-219

  Breer, Heinz ^a   Wanner, Ina ^a   Strotmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

expression patterns; gene regulation; genes; Olfaction; receptors; specific proteins

Indexed keywords

GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030036349     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02359381     Document Type: Review

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