Chemosensation: Molecular mechanisms in worms and mammals

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 150-153

  Prasad, Brinda C ^a   Reed, Randall R ^a,b  

^a Dept Molecular Biology and Genetics ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; WORM;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALS; MICE; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 0033119614     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01695-9     Document Type: Review

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