title: How keeping active pays off in the olfactory system.
abstract: A protein that is found in the main olfactory epithelium of mice ensures that odour-sensing neurons that are active to have longer lifespans than those that are inactive.
authors.affiliation: is in the  Department of Anatomy ,  University of California ,  San Francisco ,  USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Monahan
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lomvardas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012903:Smell / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006657:Histones