Lipocalins of boar salivary glands binding odours and pheromones

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 563-568

  Marchese, Silvana ^a   Pes, Daniela ^a   Scaloni, Andrea ^b   Carbone, Virginia ^b   Pelosi, Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Dipto Chim e Biotecnologie Agrarie   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 isobutyl 3 methoxypyrazine; 5 androst 16 en 3 one; Odorant binding protein; Pheromone; Salivary lipocalin

Indexed keywords

LIPOCALIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KINETICS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL MUCOSA; ODORS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHEROMONES; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032521669     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2520563.x     Document Type: Article

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