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- Title
Sensory biology: A whiff of genome.
- Authors
Boehm, Thomas
- Abstract
The article focuses on the use of nasal sensory neurons to detect genetic relatedness. It states that genetic differences are manifested in the altered amino-acid residue arrangement in proteins. It mentions that olfactory sensing of the peptide ligand can provide information on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) protein. It adds that exquisite precision and sensitivity of sensory evaluation infectious agents.
- Subjects
SENSORY neurons; OLFACTORY receptors; SEQUENCE alignment; AMINO acid sequence; LIGAND biosynthesis; MAJOR histocompatibility complex; SENSORY evaluation
- Publication
Nature, 2013, Vol 496, Issue 7445, p304
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/496304a