A framework for exploring funtional variability in olfactory receptor genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Man, Oma ^a   Willhite, David C ^b   Crasto, Chiquito J ^b   Shepherd, Gordon M ^b   Gilad, Yoav ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOVALERIC ACID; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PENTANOIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77949328664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000682     Document Type: Article

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