Target-independent pattern specification in the olfactory epithelium.

doi:10.1016/0896-6273(95)90170-1

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Target-independent pattern specification in the olfactory epithelium.

Neuron - 1 Oct 1995

Sullivan S L, Bohm S, Ressler K J, Horowitz L F, Buck L B

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In mammals, odors are detected by approximately 1000 different types of odorant receptors (ORs), each expressed by a fraction of neurons in the olfactory epithelium. Neurons expressing a given OR are confined to one of four spatial zones but are distributed randomly throughout that zone. In the o...

Topics

Animals
Cations
Cell Differentiation
Epithelium
GTP-Binding Proteins
Gene Expression
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
Ion Channels
Mice
Mice, Inbred C3H
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mutation
Olfactory Bulb
Olfactory Mucosa
Receptors, Odorant
Signal Transduction

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