Pheromone signalling in the mouse: Role of urinary proteins and vomeronasal organ

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Cavaggioni, A ^a   Mucignat, C ^b   Tirindelli, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOCALIN; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; PROTEINS; PROTEINURIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032954897     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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