The state of the art of odorant receptor deorphanization: A report from the orphanage

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 527-542

  Peterlin, Zita ^a   Firestein, Stuart ^b   Rogers, Matthew E ^a  

^a Firmenich Inc   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING;

AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

EID: 84899514272     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201311151     Document Type: Review

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