First contact to odors: Our current knowledge about odorant receptors

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 6303-6320

  Song, Hyoung Gon ^a   Jae, Young Kwon ^b   Hyung, Soo Han ^c,d   Bae, Yong Chul ^d   Moon, Cheil ^d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical senses; Odorant receptor; Olfaction; Olfactory sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SCREENING; CHEMICAL SENSE; CRUCIAL KNOWLEDGE; ODORANT RECEPTORS; ODOROUS SUBSTANCES; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS; OLFACTORY SYSTEMS;

NEURONS;

ODORS;

EID: 55249111359     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8106303     Document Type: Review

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