Odorant receptors (ORs) constitute the molecular basis for the detection of volatile odorous molecules and the perception of smell. Our understanding of chemical senses has been greatly expanded by th
A fundamental molecular feature of olfactory systems is that individual neurons express only one receptor from a large odorant receptor gene family. While numerous theories have been proposed, the fun
We discovered exitrons (exonic introns) in four Odorant receptor (Or) genes of Drosophila. Exitrons are sequences that can be spliced from within a protein-coding exon, thereby altering the encoded pr
A fundamental molecular feature of olfactory systems is that individual neurons express only one receptor from a large odorant receptor gene family. While numerous theories have been proposed, the fun