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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

OlfactionBase: a repository to explore odors, odorants, olfactory receptors and odorant-receptor interactions.

Anju Sharma, Bishal Kumar Saha, Rajnish Kumar, Pritish Kumar Varadwaj

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anju SharmaDepartment of Applied Science, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211015, India.
Bishal Kumar SahaGentryx Technologies, West Bengal, Kolkata, India.
Rajnish KumarAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, Uttar Pradesh 226028, India.
Pritish Kumar VaradwajDepartment of Applied Science, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211015, India.
Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Olfaction is a multi-stage process that initiates with the odorants entering the nose and terminates with the brain recognizing the odor associated with the odorant. In a very intricate way, the process incorporates various components functioning together and in synchronization. OlfactionBase is a free, open-access web server that aims to bring together knowledge about many aspects of the olfaction mechanism in one place. OlfactionBase contains detailed information of components like odors, odorants, and odorless compounds with physicochemical and ADMET properties, olfactory receptors (ORs), odorant- and pheromone binding proteins, OR-odorant interactions in Human and Mus musculus. The dynamic, user-friendly interface of the resource facilitates exploration of different entities: finding chemical compounds having desired odor, finding odorants associated with OR, associating chemical features with odor and OR, finding sequence information of ORs and related proteins. Finally, the data in OlfactionBase on odors, odorants, olfactory receptors, human and mouse OR-odorant pairs, and other associated proteins could aid in the inference and improved understanding of odor perception, which might provide new insights into the mechanism underlying olfaction. The OlfactionBase is available at https://bioserver.iiita.ac.in/olfactionbase/.

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Databases, FactualOdorantsAnimalsHumansMiceOlfactory Receptor NeuronsReceptors, OdorantSignal TransductionSmellReceptors, Odorant

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PMID34469532
PMCPMC8728123
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