Olfactory receptors: G protein-coupled receptors and beyond

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1570-1583

  Spehr, Marc ^b   Munger, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ligand gated ion channel; Odor; Pheromone; Semiochemical; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; TRACE AMINE ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMERONASAL TYPE 1 RECEPTOR; VOMERONASAL TYPE 2 RECEPTOR;

DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65949110861     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06085.x     Document Type: Review

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