A cleavable N-terminal signal peptide promotes widespread olfactory receptor surface expression in HEK293T cells.

Olfactory receptors (ORs) are G protein-coupled receptors that detect odorants in the olfactory epithelium, and comprise the largest gene family in the genome. Identification of OR ligands typically requires OR surface expression in heterologous cells; however, ORs rarely traffic to the cell surface...

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Main Authors: Blythe D Shepard, Niranjana Natarajan, Ryan J Protzko, Omar W Acres, Jennifer L Pluznick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3698168?pdf=render