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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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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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 |
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Cheil Moon Yong-Chul Bae Hyung Soo Han Jae Young Kwon Hyoung-Gon Song |
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First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor |
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First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor |
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First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor |
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First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor |
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First Contact to Odors: Our Current Knowledge about Odorant Receptor |
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first contact to odors: our current knowledge about odorant receptor |
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MDPI AG |
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Sensors |
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1424-8220 |
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2008-10-01 |
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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. |
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Odorant receptor chemical senses olfaction olfactory sensory neuron |
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