Small subfamily of olfactory receptor genes: Structural features, expression pattern and genomic organization

Gene

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-291

  Strotmann, Jörg ^a   Hoppe, Reiner ^a   Conzelmann, Sidonie ^a   Feinstein, Paul ^b   Mombaerts, Peter ^b   Breer, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Mouse; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMELLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032814564     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00275-9     Document Type: Article

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