Olfactory neurons expressing closely linked and homologous odorant receptor genes tend to project their axons to neighboring glomeruli on the olfactory bulb

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8409-8418

  Tsuboi, Akio ^a   Yoshihara, Sei Ichi ^a   Yamazaki, Nika ^b   Kasai, Hiroaki ^b   Asai Tsuboi, Hisae ^b   Komatsu, Madoka ^a   Serizawa, Shou ^a   Ishii, Tomohiro ^a   Matsuda, Yoichi ^c   Nagawa, Fumikiyo ^a   Sakano, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal projection; Gene cluster; Odorant receptor gene; Olfactory bulb; Olfactory epithelium; Olfactory sensory map

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033216249     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08409.1999     Document Type: Article

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