Targeting olfaction

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 481-486

  Mombaerts, Peter ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING;

EID: 0030221173     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80053-5     Document Type: Article

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