scholarly journals Elimination of a ligand gating site generates a supersensitive olfactory receptor

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanika Sharma ◽  
Gaurav Ahuja ◽  
Ashiq Hussain ◽  
Sabine Balfanz ◽  
Arnd Baumann ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanika Sharma ◽  
Sabine Balfanz ◽  
Arnd Baumann ◽  
Sigrun Korsching

Author(s):  
Bert Ph. M. Menco

Vertebrate olfactory receptor cells are specialized neurons that have numerous long tapering cilia. The distal parts of these cilia line the interface between the external odorous environment and the luminal surface of the olfactory epithelium. The length and number of these cilia results in a large surface area that presumably increases the chance that an odor molecule will meet a receptor cell. Advanced methods of cryoprepration and immuno-gold labeling were particularly useful to preserve the delicate ultrastructural and immunocytochemical features of olfactory cilia required for localization of molecules involved in olfactory signal-transduction. We subjected olfactory tissues to freeze-substitution in acetone (unfixed tissues) or methanol (fixed tissues) followed by low temperature embedding in Lowicryl K11M for that purpose. Tissue sections were immunoreacted with several antibodies against proteins that are presumably important in olfactory signal-transduction.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Weidinger ◽  
D Alisch ◽  
K Jamal Jameel ◽  
M Ruhe ◽  
F Yusuf ◽  
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