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Regulating olfactory receptor expression: controlling globally, acting locally

Nature Neuroscience volume 3, pages 638–639 (2000)Cite this article

Only one allelle from the odorant receptor gene family is expressed in each neuron. Transgenic expression of an odorant receptor provides new insight into how this process is regulated.

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Figure 1: A model for monoallelic expression of olfactory receptor genes.

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