A single olfactory receptor specifically binds a set of odorant molecules

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 409-418

  Gaillard, Isabelle ^a   Rouquier, Sylvie ^a   Pin, Jean Philippe ^b   Mollard, Patrice ^b   Richard, Sylvain ^a   Barnabé, Cécile ^a   Demaille, Jacques ^a   Giorgi, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b CCIPE   (France)

Author keywords

Ligand binding specificity; Mouse odorant receptors; Odor recognition; Olfaction; Structural motifs of odorant molecules

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; KETONE; LIGAND; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; KETONES; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 0036458389     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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