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Receptors, Odorant

Known as: Olfactory Receptor Proteins, Receptors, Olfactory, Odorant Receptor Proteins 
Proteins, usually projecting from the cilia of olfactory receptor neurons, that specifically bind odorant molecules and trigger responses in the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2013
Review
2013
Odorant reception in insects: roles of receptors, binding proteins, and degrading enzymes.
  • W. Leal
  • Annual review of entomology
  • 2013
  • Corpus ID: 44379711
Our knowledge of the molecular basis of odorant reception in insects has grown exponentially over the past decade. Odorant… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels
From worm to man, many odorant signals are perceived by the binding of volatile ligands to odorant receptors that belong to the G… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Genetic variation in a human odorant receptor alters odour perception
Human olfactory perception differs enormously between individuals, with large reported perceptual variations in the intensity and… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Atypical Membrane Topology and Heteromeric Function of Drosophila Odorant Receptors In Vivo
Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) each express two odorant receptors (ORs): a divergent member of the OR family and the… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Genes and ligands for odorant, vomeronasal and taste receptors
  • P. Mombaerts
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • 2004
  • Corpus ID: 2750272
The chemical senses (smell and taste) have evolved complex repertoires of chemosensory receptors — G-protein coupled receptors… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Identification of a Testicular Odorant Receptor Mediating Human Sperm Chemotaxis
Although it has been known for some time that olfactory receptors (ORs) reside in spermatozoa, the function of these ORs is… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Combinatorial Receptor Codes for Odors
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Functional expression of a mammalian odorant receptor.
Candidate mammalian odorant receptors were first cloned some 6 years ago. The physiological function of these receptors in… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Visualizing an Olfactory Sensory Map
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: A molecular basis for odor recognition
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