The scent of life. The exquisite complexity of the sense of smell in animals and humans

EMBO Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 629-633

  Rinaldi, Andrea ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; FRAGRANCE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MSI 1436; PETROMYZONAMINE DISULFATE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN RIC 8B; SQUALAMINE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAVOR; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PETROMYZON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; VIBRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447107317     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401029     Document Type: Article

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