Evaluating cell-surface expression and measuring activation of mammalian odorant receptors in heterologous cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1402-1413

  Zhuang, Hanyi ^a,b   Matsunami, Hiroaki ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; ODORANT RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGANDS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 51649104139     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.120     Document Type: Article

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