MHC molecules in the vomeronasal organ: Contributors to pheromonal discrimination?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 646-650

  Hegde, Ashok N ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0242475324     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2003.10.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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