Smell (or Olfaction) allows vertebrates and other organisms with olfactory receptors to identify food, mates, predators, and provides both sensual pleasure (the odor of flowers and perfume) as well as warnings of danger (e.g., spoiled food, chemical dangers).
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Olfactory receptor neuron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An olfactory receptor neuron, (often abbreviated ORN) also called an olfactory sensory neuron, (OSN) is the primary transduction cell in the olfactory system. Humans have about 40 million olfactor...
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Olfactory system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The olfactory system is the sensory system used for olfaction, or the sense of smell. Most mammals and reptiles have two distinct parts to their olfactory system: a main olfactory system and an ac...
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We used the MembStruk first principles computational technique to predict the three-dimensional (3-D) structure of six mouse olfactory receptors (S6, S18, S19, S25, S46 and S50) for ... Key words: biosensors, docking, function prediction, GPCR, G protein coupled receptor, HierDock, mice, olfaction, olfactory receptor,
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Schematic illustrating the role of OR83b in specific olfactory receptor (SOR) localization and function in Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons. ...
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receptor (SOR) localization and function in Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons. In the presence (left) of the widely expressed olfactory receptor ...
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This chemosensory function is mediated by a very large family of seven-transmembrane olfactory (odorant) receptors encoded by approximately 1,000 genes, the majority of which are believed to be pseudogenes in humans.
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Prediction of structure and function for olfactory receptors Wely B. Floriano, Vaidehi Nagarajan and William A. Goddard III Material and Process Simulation Center at California Institute of Technology Abstract Odor detection in mammalians is mediated by 700-1000 olfactory receptors (ORs) that are seven helix...
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Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs), located in a small patch of epithelium inside the nose, are nerve cells that contain receptors for the thousands of odorant molecules detected by humans. Easily obtained using a simple 5-minute biopsy procedure, ORNs share many characteristics with nerve cells in the brain.
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They also function in similar ways, by interacting with G proteins to transmit signals to the cell's interior. Since many receptors of this type share certain DNA sequences, Buck designed probes that would recognize these sequences in a ... The team's most surprising finding was that there are so many olfactory receptors.
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