Título del documento: The Odorant Signaling Pathway
Revista: ARBS. Annual review of biomedical sciences
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000351969
ISSN: 1678-4618
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Quimica, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Parana, Departamento de Patologia Basica, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
Año:
Volumen: 11
Paginación: 86-86T94
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés Through the sense of smell mammals can obtain information about food, danger, sexual partners and predators. Two main different types of signals can be recognized by the olfactory system: volatile odorants, which are detected by the olfactory sensory neurons of the nose; and pheromones, which are detected by the vomeronasal neurons of the accessory olfactory system, or vomeronasal organ. These sensory neurons express respectively hundreds of odorant and pheromone receptors, which belong to the superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors. We review the general organization of the main and accessory olfactory systems, the structures of the receptor families in each of these organs and their signaling pathways
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Fisiología animal,
Mamíferos,
Olfato,
Sistema olfatorio,
Receptores,
Olor,
Feromonas,
Organo vomeronasal,
Transducción de señales
Keyword: Biology,
Animal physiology,
Mammals,
Olfaction,
Olfactory system,
Receptors,
Odor,
Pheromones,
Vomeronasal organ,
Signal transduction
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