Mammalian olfactory receptors

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2009, Pages

  Fleischer, Joerg ^a   Breer, Heinz ^a   Strotmann, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formyl peptide receptor; G protein coupled receptor; Guanylyl cyclase; Odorant; Olfaction; Pheromone; Trace amine associated receptor; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890866483     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.03.009.2009     Document Type: Article

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