Regulation of the Probability of Mouse Odorant Receptor Gene Choice

Regulation of the Probability of Mouse Odorant Receptor Gene Choice: Mona Khan, Evelien Vaes, Peter Mombaerts. Each olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) in mouse chooses one of 1,200 odorant receptor (OR) genes for expression. OR genes are chosen for expression by greatly varying numbers of OSNs. The mechanisms ....