Odorant receptors and the organization of the Olfactory System

Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck were awarded the The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2004 for their discoveries of “odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system”.

Reference: Buck, L. and Axel, R. (1991) Cell, vol. 65, 175-187.

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