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. 1988 Apr;85(7):2383–2387. doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.7.2383

Odorant-binding protein and its mRNA are localized to lateral nasal gland implying a carrier function.

J Pevsner 1, P M Hwang 1, P B Sklar 1, J C Venable 1, S H Snyder 1
PMCID: PMC279997  PMID: 3353387

Abstract

Odorant-binding protein selectively binds various odorants and is discretely concentrated in nasal mucosa and secretions. We have localized rat odorant-binding protein mRNA to the lateral nasal gland by in situ hybridization histochemistry and have also localized the protein to this gland by immunohistochemistry and by tritiated-odorant autoradiography. The lateral nasal gland extends a long duct toward the external nares. Odorant-binding protein, released from this duct, may transport odorants to olfactory receptor neurons.

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