Olfactory signal transduction in the mouse septal organ

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Ma, Minghong ^a,c   Grosmaitre, Xavier ^a   Iwema, Carrie L ^a   Baker, Harriet ^b   Greer, Charles A ^a   Shepherd, Gordon M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase III; cAMP pathway; Golf; Guanylyl cyclase D; Main olfactory epithelium; Olfactory sensory neuron; Phosphodiesterase 2; Septal organ; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SEPTUM; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0037221436     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-01-00317.2003     Document Type: Article

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