Laying a controversial smell theory to rest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6525-6526

  Vosshall, Leslie B ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOPHENONE; BENZALDEHYDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HORMONE; MUSK; NEUROTRANSMITTER; ODORANT RECEPTOR; OR5AN1 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR;

CHEMOSENSITIVITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NOSE MUCUS; NOTE; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMELLING; THEORY; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; VIBRATION; VIBRATION THEORY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODORS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

EID: 84930227067     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507103112     Document Type: Note

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