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. 2013 Dec 11;281(1776):20131678.
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1678. Print 2014 Feb 7.

A human chemosensory modality to detect peptides in the nose?

Andreas Natsch  1
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A human chemosensory modality to detect peptides in the nose?

Andreas Natsch. Proc Biol Sci. .
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Structure of (a) the new olfactory cue versus (b) the largest reported odorant perceived by humans according to Ohloff et al. [2].
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