OR2A12
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Olfactory receptor 2A12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2A12 gene.
“OR2A12” enters the record as protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what OR2A12, Protein-coding and gene can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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