Odorant receptors which partake in the detection of both water-soluble and airborne chemicals constitute the largest family of seven-transmembrane G-Protein-Coupled Receptors in the majority of vertebrates. Since their ...

The intricate but still precise pattern of brain circuitry is unquestionably the most complex feature of both vertebrates and invertebrates. How that complex circuitry develops has been the subject of intense study for ...

Odorant receptors constitute the largest gene family in rodents and probably in all vertebrates. In addition to detecting the odorant molecules in the outside world, odorant receptorrs are responsible for some critical ...

The repertoire of olfactory receptors constitutes the largest gene families in humans and in other vertebrates. Typically, olfactory sensory neurons only express a single member of the large genomic repertoire and only one ...