Olfactory receptor multigene family in vertebrates: From the viewpoint of evolutionary genomics

Current Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-114

  Niimura, Yoshihito ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth and death evolution; Color vision; G protein coupled receptor; Multigene family; Odor perception; Olfactory receptor; Primate evolution; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR 7D4 PROTEIN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860299628     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920212799860706     Document Type: Article

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