α-gustducin expression in the vomeronasal organ of the mouse

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4473-4475

  Zancanaro, Carlo ^a   Caretta, Carla Mucignat ^b   Merigo, Flavia ^a   Cavaggioni, Andrea ^b   Osculati, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical senses; G proteins; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GUSTDUCIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; NASAL MUCOSA; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TASTE BUDS; TRANSDUCIN; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0033407414     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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