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Abstract
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.
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- Lipocalin LCN1
- Tear Lipocalin
- Tear Prealbumin Protein
- Von Ebner Gland Protein
- Von Ebner's Gland Protein
- Lipocalin, Tear
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2008(1990)
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- National Library of Medicine. Lipocalin 1. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054835. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054835
- Lipocalin 1. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21116091