"Lipocalin 1" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A lipocalin that was orignally characterized from human TEARS. It is expressed primarily in the LACRIMAL GLAND and the VON EBNER GLANDS. Lipocalin 1 may play a role in olfactory transduction by concentrating and delivering odorants to the ODORANT RECEPTORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054835
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.469.100 D12.776.850.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Lipocalin 1- Lipocalin 1
- Tear Lipocalin
- Lipocalin, Tear
- Von Ebner's Gland Protein
- Von Ebner Gland Protein
- Lipocalin LCN1
- Tear Prealbumin Protein
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