| Literature DB >> 3353387 |
J Pevsner1, P M Hwang, P B Sklar, J C Venable, S H Snyder.
Abstract
Odorant-binding protein selectively binds various odorants and is discretely concentrated in nasal mucosa and secretions. We have localized rat odorant-binding protein mRNA to the lateral nasal gland by in situ hybridization histochemistry and have also localized the protein to this gland by immunohistochemistry and by tritiated-odorant autoradiography. The lateral nasal gland extends a long duct toward the external nares. Odorant-binding protein, released from this duct, may transport odorants to olfactory receptor neurons.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3353387 PMCID: PMC279997 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.7.2383
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205