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SUBMITTER: Griffin CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2780437 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Griffin Christine A CA Kafadar Kimberly A KA Pavlath Grace K GK
Developmental cell 20091101 5
Odorant receptors (ORs) in the olfactory epithelium bind to volatile small molecules leading to the perception of smell. ORs are expressed in many tissues but their functions are largely unknown. We show multiple ORs display distinct mRNA expression patterns during myogenesis in vitro and muscle regeneration in vivo. Mouse OR23 (MOR23) expression is induced during muscle regeneration when muscle cells are extensively fusing and plays a key role in regulating migration and adhesion of muscle cell ...[more]