Odorant receptor expressed sequence tags demonstrate olfactory expression of over 400 genes, extensive alternate splicing and unequal expression levels

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Young, Janet M ^a   Shykind, Benjamin M ^b   Lane, Robert P ^a,c   Tonnes Priddy, Lori ^a,d   Ross, Joseph A ^a   Walker, Megan ^a   Williams, Eleanor M ^a   Trask, Barbara J ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EPIGENOMICS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additional Data File; Olfactory Epithelium; Olfactory Function; Olfactory Receptor; Olfactory Receptor Gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 1542779650     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-11-r71     Document Type: Article

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