Microheterogeneity of odorant-binding proteins in the porcupine revealed by N-terminal sequencing and mass spectrometry

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-291

  Ganni, Monica ^a   Garibotti, Marina ^a   Scaloni, Andrea ^b   Pucci, Piero ^b,c   Pelosi, Paolo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Industrie Agrarie   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrospray mass spectrometry; Lipocalins; N terminal sequence; Odorant binding proteins; Olfaction; Perireceptor eventsl old world porcupine; Urinary proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PORCUPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HYSTRICIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030796998     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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