Olfactory receptor structure (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Olfactory receptor structure

Caption

The channel pore (blue) of an olfactory receptor dilates (pink) when an odor molecule binds the receptor.

Credit

Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University.

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