Mammalian olfactory receptors: Pharmacology, G protein coupling and desensitization

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3743-3753

  Kato, Aya ^a   Touhara, Kazushige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desensitization; G protein; Odorant; Olfaction; Olfactory receptor; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA ARRESTIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE C; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE; LIGAND; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIGANDS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70849102167     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0111-6     Document Type: Review

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