Alarm pheromone and kairomone detection via bitter taste receptors in the mouse Grueneberg ganglion

Abstract Background The mouse Grueneberg ganglion (GG) is an olfactory subsystem specialized in the detection of volatile heterocyclic compounds signalling danger. The signalling pathways transducing the danger signals are only beginning to be characterized. Results Screening chemical libraries for...

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Main Authors: Fabian Moine, Julien Brechbühl, Monique Nenniger Tosato, Manon Beaumann, Marie-Christine Broillet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0479-y