First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor

Chemical senses – especially smell – are known to be important for the fundamental life events such as sensing predators, selecting mates, as well as finding food. The chemical senses are decoded in the olfactory system which is able to detect and differentiate thousands of odorous substan...

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Main Authors: Cheil Moon, Yong-Chul Bae, Hyung Soo Han, Jae Young Kwon, Hyoung-Gon Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2008-10-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/10/6303/
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spelling doaj-7261902043be446abc7d81c2416556262020-11-24T21:54:52ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202008-10-018106303632010.3390/s8106303First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant ReceptorCheil MoonYong-Chul BaeHyung Soo HanJae Young KwonHyoung-Gon SongChemical senses – especially smell – are known to be important for the fundamental life events such as sensing predators, selecting mates, as well as finding food. The chemical senses are decoded in the olfactory system which is able to detect and differentiate thousands of odorous substances comprised of chemically divergent structures (i.e. odorants). The high selectivity of the olfactory system is heavily dependent on the receptors for each odorants (i.e. odorant receptors). Thus, studying odorant receptors may not only facilitate our understanding the initial events of olfaction but provide crucial knowledge for developing a novel, odorant receptor-based biosensor for chemical screening. Here we provide a review of recent advances in our understanding of odorant receptors.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/10/6303/Odorant receptorchemical sensesolfactionolfactory sensory neuron
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author Cheil Moon
Yong-Chul Bae
Hyung Soo Han
Jae Young Kwon
Hyoung-Gon Song
spellingShingle Cheil Moon
Yong-Chul Bae
Hyung Soo Han
Jae Young Kwon
Hyoung-Gon Song
First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor
Sensors
Odorant receptor
chemical senses
olfaction
olfactory sensory neuron
author_facet Cheil Moon
Yong-Chul Bae
Hyung Soo Han
Jae Young Kwon
Hyoung-Gon Song
author_sort Cheil Moon
title First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor
title_short First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor
title_full First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor
title_fullStr First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor
title_full_unstemmed First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor
title_sort first contact to odors: our current knowledge about odorant receptor
publisher MDPI AG
series Sensors
issn 1424-8220
publishDate 2008-10-01
description Chemical senses – especially smell – are known to be important for the fundamental life events such as sensing predators, selecting mates, as well as finding food. The chemical senses are decoded in the olfactory system which is able to detect and differentiate thousands of odorous substances comprised of chemically divergent structures (i.e. odorants). The high selectivity of the olfactory system is heavily dependent on the receptors for each odorants (i.e. odorant receptors). Thus, studying odorant receptors may not only facilitate our understanding the initial events of olfaction but provide crucial knowledge for developing a novel, odorant receptor-based biosensor for chemical screening. Here we provide a review of recent advances in our understanding of odorant receptors.
topic Odorant receptor
chemical senses
olfaction
olfactory sensory neuron
url http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/10/6303/
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