The Molecular Biology of Vertebrate Olfaction

Anatomical Record

Volumn 297, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2216-2226

  Hayden, Sara ^a   Teeling, Emma C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemosensation; Genomic evolution; Molecular biology; Odor binding; Olfactory receptor

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SMELL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84908273415     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23031     Document Type: Article

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