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A putative pheromone receptor gene expressed in human olfactory mucosa.
Nature genetics - 1 Sept 2000
Rodriguez I, Greer C A, Mok M Y, Mombaerts P
Abstract excerpt
Pheromones elicit specific behavioural responses and physiological alterations in recipients of the same species. In mammals, these chemical signals are recognized within the nasal cavity by sensory neurons that express pheromone receptors. In rodents, these receptors are thought to be represented by two large multigene families, comprising the V1r and V2r genes, which encode seven-transmembrane proteins....
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