Expression of Vomeronasal Receptor Genes in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 472, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 246-256

  Hagino Yamagishi, Kimiko ^a   Moriya, Keiko ^a   Kubo, Hideo ^a   Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Isobe, Naoko ^a,b   Saito, Shouichiro ^c   Ichikawa, Masumi ^a   Yazaki, Kazumori ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Olfactory epithelium; Vomeronasal organ; Vomeronasal receptors

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION; G0 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; V2RS GENE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 1842510681     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20073     Document Type: Article

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