Isolation of mouse vomeronasal receptor genes and their co-localization with specific G-protein messenger RNAs

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-227

  Saito, H ^a,b   Mimmack, M L ^b   Keverne, E B ^a   Kishimoto, J ^a   Emson, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

G i2 protein; G o protein; In situ hybridization; Mouse; Vomeronasal receptor

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032189654     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00183-1     Document Type: Article

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