Involvement of Gq/11 in signal transduction in the mammalian vomeronasal organ

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 827-832

  Wekesa, Kennedy S ^a   Miller, Stephanie ^a   Napier, Audrey ^a  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gq 11; IP3; Mammal; Pheromone; Signal transduction; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

1 (6 ((3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17 YL)AMINO)HEXYL) 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 1-(6-((3-METHOXYESTRA-1,3,5(10)-TRIEN-17-YL)AMINO)HEXYL)-1H-PYRROLE-2,5-DIONE; 2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHEROMONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTRENES; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; MALE; MICE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHEROMONES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PYRROLIDINONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0037338935     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00174     Document Type: Article

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