High-gain, low-noise amplification in olfactory transduction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1110-1117

  Kleene, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STOICHIOMETRY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030790180     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78143-8     Document Type: Article

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