A multigene family encoding a diverse array of putative pheromone receptors in mammals

Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 775-784

  Matsunami, Hiroaki ^a   Buck, Linda B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030848970     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80537-1     Document Type: Article

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