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Presence of membrane particles in freeze-etched bovine olfactory cilia

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WHEN an odorant molecule stimulates an olfactory receptor cell the electrical changes which are set up must result from some kind of interaction between the stimulant and the cell surface. Various theories of olfaction have favoured either lipids1 or proteins2, as the principal site of odorant reception. Experiments distinguishing unequivocally between these alternatives have yet to be performed3, but there is growing evidence that the receptor is proteinaceous4,5.

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  1. B. P. M. MENCO

    Present address: Psychologisch Laboratorium der Rijksuniversiteit, Varkenmarkt 2, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK

    B. P. M. MENCO & G. H. DODD

  2. Department of Botany, The University, Nottingham, NG9 3DR, UK

    M. DAVEY

  3. Departments of Biology and Anatomy, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London, SE1 9RT, UK

    L. H. BANNISTER

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MENCO, B., DODD, G., DAVEY, M. et al. Presence of membrane particles in freeze-etched bovine olfactory cilia. Nature 263, 597–599 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263597a0

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