Predicting Human Olfactory Perception from Activities of Odorant Receptors

Summary: Odor perception in humans is initiated by activation of odorant receptors (ORs) in the nose. However, the ORs linked to specific olfactory percepts are unknown, unlike in vision or taste where receptors are linked to perception of different colors and tastes. The large family of ORs (~400)...

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Main Authors: Joel Kowalewski, Anandasankar Ray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220305484