Genetic variation in the odorant receptor OR2J3 is associated with the ability to detect the "grassy" smelling odor, cis-3-hexen-1-ol

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 585-593

  McRae, Jeremy F ^a   Mainland, Joel D ^b,e   Jaeger, Sara R ^a   Adipietro, Kaylin A ^b   Matsunami, Hiroaki ^b   Newcomb, Richard D ^a,c,d  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution   (New Zealand)

^e MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cis 3 hexen 1 ol; Genetic association; Odor; Odorant receptor; Threshold of detection

Indexed keywords

3 HEXEN 1 OL; FLAVORING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OR2J3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEXANOLS; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84864852782     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjs049     Document Type: Article

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