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Chemical Senses 11: 243-257,
© 1986

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Glycocalyx of receptor cell membranes

Ya.A. Vinnikov

Laboratory of Evolutionary Morphology, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences 194223 Leningrad, USSR

Data are presented on the enzymes, glycosamines and glycolipids of the premembranous calyx of the plasma membranes of photo-, chemo- and mechanoreceptor cells. Evidence that the glycocalyx contributes to the morphogenesis of olfactory mucus and the otolithic membrane is summarized, as is evidence that it has an auxiliary role in reception. It is hypothesized that the glycocalyx is involved in several steps in receptor processes.


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