1. A computational microscope focused on the sense of smell.
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de March, Claire A. and Golebiowski, Jérôme
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COMPUTATIONAL biology , *MICROSCOPES , *SENSES , *OLFACTORY receptors , *CARRIER proteins , *MOLECULAR models - Abstract
In this article, we review studies of the protagonists of the perception of smell focusing on Odorant-Binding Proteins and Olfactory Receptors. We notably put forward studies performed by means of molecular modeling, generally combined with experimental data. Those works clearly emphasize that computational approaches are now a force to reckon with. In the future, they will certainly be more and more used, notably in the framework of a computational microscope meant to observe how the laws of physics govern the biomolecular systems originating our sense of smell. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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