Olfactory receptor activity

Definition: Combining with an odorant and transmitting the signal from one side of the membrane to the other to initiate a change in cell activity in response to detection of smell.

ID: GO:0004984

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Articles referencing this term

Chemical communication by behaviour-guiding olfactory signals
L. Gunnar W. Bergström, Chem. Commun., 2008 , 3959
DOI: 10.1039/b712681f

A review of biosensors and biologically-inspired systems for explosives detection
Richard G. Smith, Natasha D'Souza and Stephen Nicklin, Analyst, 2008 , 133 , 571
DOI: 10.1039/b717933m

Long-range chromosomal interactions and gene regulation
Adriana Miele and Job Dekker, Mol. BioSyst., 2008 , 4 , 1046
DOI: 10.1039/b803580f

Single-cell transcript analysis of human embryonic stem cells
Jason D. Gibson, Caroline M. Jakuba, Nathalie Boucher, Kelly A. Holbrook, Mark G. Carter and Craig E. Nelson, Integr. Biol., 2009 , 1 , 540
DOI: 10.1039/b908276j