Odorant receptor-mediated signaling in the mouse

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-260

  Imai, Takeshi ^a   Sakano, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROPILIN 1; PLEXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BINDING AFFINITY; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SELECTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; MICE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 53949117979     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.07.009     Document Type: Review

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